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By:Gary Everhart
Dates:8/1/1956 - 8/1/1956
Album Info:Nice older b&w photo by Max Miller of the Chicago, St Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha 4-6-2 Pacific #602.
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CMO 4-6-2 #602 - Chicago, St Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha
Title:  CMO 4-6-2 #602 - Chicago, St Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha
Description:  A massive 4-6-2 Pacific delivered by Alco-Schenectady in November of 1930 to the Omaha Road sits idle in the Proviso Yards in Chicago, IL. This was the last one of only 3 in the last class of Pacifics for the CMO and according to one on-line source, these were the heaviest Pacifics to be built for any railroad. Specs - serial #68518, E-3 class, massive 75" drivers, impressive 260 psi boiler pressure, 25x28" cylinders, engine weight of 347,000 lb and 51,567 lb tractive effort. Max Miller photo
Photo Date:  8/1/1956  Upload Date: 7/5/2018 6:25:57 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  CMO 602(4-6-2)
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