Largest fireless locomotive ever built. One of 16 ex-GTW locomotives used by Northwestern Steel & Wire Co., Sterling, IL.

0-8-0 switchers built in 1923 by Alco at its Schenectady, NY, Works for the Grand Trunk Western Railroad (#8300-#8304). A further forty-two 0-8-0s were delivered to the railroad between 1924 and 1929, classed P-5b, P-5c, P-5e and P-5g. Rostered across the …

This portrait of 2-8-0 No. 2683 at Bellevue, from the summer of 1953, reveals the careful maintenance the Grand Trunk Western applied to even its older locomotives. She sports a shiny paint job recently applied at the Battle Creek shops, including white tires and the tilted GTW herald on the tender.

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0-8-0 blt 1929 ex-GTW 8375, traded to scrap yard: 0-8-0 61006: 2: 86741: NSW 12: ex-GTW 8372, traded to scrap yard: 0-8-0 61003: 4: 172017: NSW 73: blt 9/1929 as GTW 8373, donated to Sterling IL: 0-8-0 61004: 9: 86745: NSW 74: ex-GTW 8374: 0-8-0 61005: 2: 264017: NSW 76: Built 1929, nee-GTW 8376: 0-8-0

Grand Trunk Western No. 8300 is the first of a batch of five P-5a class coal burning 0-8-0 switchers built in 1923 by Alco at its Schenectady, NY works for the Grand Trunk Western Railroad (#8300-#8304). It was built as a yard goat for the Grand Trunk Western railroad.

2016年6月1日 · Based on a USRA design, #8376 was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1929, one of over seventy 0-8-0 switchers bought by the Grand Trunk Western for its Chicago-Detroit system. It weighs 215,150 lbs and has 51" drivers and 22" x 28" cylinders. Operating at a boiler pressure of 200 psi, it delivered 45,175 lbs tractive effort.

Forgotten & neglected this little switch locomotive has watched the world pass it by for over 20 years. Using the x-ray feature on my Camera enables you to see inside the Smokebox. In the 2005 the GTW 8374 was bought by an individual from Nebraska, he has plans to cosmetically restore her for display in his home state.

GTW 0-8-0 #8312 - Grand Trunk Western Nice stubby wheeled 0-8-0 built by Alco-Schenectady in 1924 as a class P-5-a member, builder # 65630. The loco worked the yards like here in Elsden (Chicago) until being scrapped in June, 1957.

0-8-0 Switcher . Numbers Qty Class ... % Ex GTR Class F12 CNR 8210-8214 5 P-4-b GTR 1923 56 / 52% Ex GTR Class F12 CNR 8215-8221 7 P-4-c CLC 1923 56 / 55% GTW 8222-8226 5 P-4-d LIMA 1923 56 / 55% GTW 8300-8304 5 P-5-a Schen. 1923 51 / 45% GTW 8305-8319 15 P-5-b Schen. 1924 51 / 45% GTW 8320-8329 10 P-5-c LIMA 1927 51 / 50% CNR 8330-8339 10 P-5 ...