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17 |
Builder: Vulcan Iron
Works |
Type: 0-4-0T
Steam Locomotive |
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Built: April 1941 |
Builder's
Number: 4309 |
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Previous Owners: |
New
York Shipbuilding # 2025 Camden, NJ |
| Carbon
Limestone Co. # 17 Carbon, PA |
| West
Virginia Northern RR # 17 |
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Notes:
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This Steam locomotive carries its fuel and water supplies on
board, not in a separate tender. Most of this type of
locomotive were used in industrial or railroad switching service due
to their small size. See
www.engine17.org for more info on # 17. |
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71 |
Builder: General
Electric |
Type:
80 Ton diesel |
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Built: March 1945 |
Builder's
Number: 27994 |
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Previous Owners: |
U.S.
Marine Corps # 152145 Port Chicago, CA |
| U.S.
Marine Corps # 152145 Camp LeJeune, NC |
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Becker Sand & Gravel # 3 Lillington, NC |
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Notes:
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Typical of the
Diesel-Electric locomotives sold to small railroads and industries
across North America. This GE 80 tonner is an example of a
very successful locomotive family. Never a candidate for most
beautiful locomotive, nor the fastest, these GE center-cabs were
popular due to their rugged construction and pure utilitarian
design. |
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399 |
Builder: General
Electric |
Type:
65 Ton diesel |
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Built: Sept. 1943 |
Builder's
Number: |
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Previous Owners: |
U.S.
Navy # 65-00399 |
| U.S.
Marine Corps # 289330 Camp LeJeune, NC |
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Notes:
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1686 |
Builder: General
Electric |
Type:
80 Ton diesel |
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Built: March 1953 |
Builder's
Number: 31818 |
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Previous Owners: |
U.S.
Air Force # 1686 Seymour Johnson AFB |
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Beaufort & Moorehead # 1686 Moorehead, NC |
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Notes:
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This is another example
of the standard GE center-cab 80 ton locomotive used on short line
and industrial sites throughout North America. Except for
having been built eight years apart, 1686 is virtually identical to
locomotive 71. The longevity and success of this locomotive
design owes to the fact that it was both practical and flexible. |
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67 |
Builder: General
Electric |
Type:
45 Ton diesel |
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Built: 1941 |
Builder's
Number: 15260 |
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Previous Owners: |
U.S.
Navy # 65-00067 St. Julien's Creek, VA |
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Notes:
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A smaller GE center-cab
design, this no-frills locomotive was common to industries and short
line railroads for motive power and switching duty. This
locomotive has only one traction motor per truck and uses side rods
to transfer power to the other axle. |
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70 |
Builder: Whitcomb |
Type:
45 Ton diesel |
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Built: April 1941 |
Builder's
Number: 60298 |
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Previous Owners: |
U.S.
Navy # 65-00270 Indian Head, MD |
| U.S.
Navy # 65-00270 Camp LeJeune, NC |
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Notes:
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This locomotive is
similar in appearance to the GE center-cabs with some design
elements common to industrial locomotives of its era. This
locomotive has only one traction motor per truck and uses side rods
to transfer power to the other axle. |
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75 |
Builder:
Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton |
Type:
80 Ton diesel |
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Built: April 1947 |
Builder's
Number: 60739 |
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Previous Owners: |
New
York Shipbuilding # 37 Camden, NJ |
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Steelton & Highspire RR Steelton, PA |
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Beaufort & Moorehead # 75 Moorehead, NC |
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Notes:
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A Whitcomb design, this
engine was built by the resulting merger of the Baldwin Locomotive
Works and the Lima and Hamilton Crane companies. This engine
operated at New York Shipbuilding in Camden, NJ at the same time as
our steam locomotive 17. |
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10 |
Builder: General
Electric |
Type:
25 Ton diesel |
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Built: April 1950 |
Builder's
Number: 30590 |
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Previous Owners: |
Duke
Power Company # 10 Riverbend Mt. Holly, NC |
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Notes:
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This GE end-cab is an
example of a very small, no-frills locomotive design used by many
industrial and short line railroads. The smallest of the NHVRy
locomotives, it has only one powered axle, and uses a chain-drive to
transmit power to the other axle. |
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