Great Western 90
Great Western 90
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Specifications |
Configuration:
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• Whyte
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2-10-0 |
• UIC
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1′E h |
Gauge |
4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
Driver dia. |
56 in (1,400 mm) |
Axle load |
38,000 lb (17,000 kg) |
Adhesive weight |
190,000 lb (86,000 kg) |
Loco weight |
212,000 lb (96,000 kg) |
Firebox:
• Firegrate area |
54.3 sq ft (5.04 m2) |
Boiler pressure |
200 psi (1,400 kPa) |
Cylinder size |
24 in × 28 in (610 mm × 710 mm) |
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|
|
Specifications |
Configuration:
|
|
• Whyte
|
2-10-0 |
• UIC
|
1′E h |
Gauge |
4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
Driver dia. |
56 in (1,400 mm) |
Axle load |
38,000 lb (17,000 kg) |
Adhesive weight |
190,000 lb (86,000 kg) |
Loco weight |
212,000 lb (96,000 kg) |
Firebox:
• Firegrate area |
54.3 sq ft (5.04 m2) |
Boiler pressure |
200 psi (1,400 kPa) |
Cylinder size |
24 in × 28 in (610 mm × 710 mm) |
Strasburg Rail Road no. 90 (ex: Great Western) is a 2-10-0 steam locomotive operated by the Strasburg Rail Road, outside Strasburg, Pennsylvania. She was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1924, in Philadelphia PA. She originally pulled sugar beet trains of about 40 to 50 cars length for the Great Western Railway of Colorado to the company's towering mill in Loveland, Colorado. Before being sold to the Strasburg Railroad, #90 ran excursions on the GWR, and even met with Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy #5632, a 4-8-4, and CB&Q #902, a 2-10-2. Some say that she also got t-boned by an 18-wheeler in the 1940s. In 1968, #90 was invited to double head former Canadian Pacific,G-5-d class pacific, #1278 to help her out with Ross Rowland's excursions along the steep grades. This was the last mainline excursion #90 would run. She was returned to the Strasburg Railroad to haul tourist and freight trains, and she has been to this day.
90 was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1924, in Philadelphia PA. it originally pulled sugar beet trains of about 40 to 50 cars length for the Great Western Railway of Colorado to the company's towering mill in Loveland, Colorado. The 90 was the Great Western's largest and most powerful road locomotive, and saw extensive use on trains too large for the company's fleet of 2-8-0s. In 1944, 90 was hit by a truck at a grade crossing and knocked onto its fireman's side, killing both the fireman and the truck driver. The Great Western sent 90 to the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's shops in Denver for repairs. Following WWII, 90 was used primarily in the Autumn during the harvest season.
By the late 1950s, 90 was occasionally used in excursion service on the Great Western. One such excursion in 1963, Strasburg Rail Road's Chief Mechanical Officer, Huber Leath, met the Great Western's superintendent, a man who grew up in the vicinity of the Strasburg Rail Road, and struck a deal in which the Great western would contact the Strasburg Rail Road as soon as the 90 was available for purchase. The Strasburg Rail Road purchased the 90 on 5 April 1967 for a price of $23,000.00, and the locomotive arrived on Strasburg's property a month later on 5 March.
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