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WP 2-6-6-2 207
Title:  WP 2-6-6-2 207
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Photo Date:  8/20/1949  Upload Date: 7/21/2021 6:06:33 PM
Location:  Keddie, CA
Author:  A. Youell
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Locomotives:  WP 207(2-6-6-2)
Views:  277   Comments: 0
WP 208 at Niles (Fremont)
Title:  WP 208 at Niles (Fremont)
Description:  Tom Gildersleeve set
Photo Date:  6/20/1952  Upload Date: 6/3/2023 12:21:24 AM
Location:  Fremont, CA
Author:  Tom Gildersleeve
Categories:  Station,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  WP 208(2-6-6-2)
Views:  135   Comments: 2
WP 2-6-6-2 #209 - Western Pacific
Title:  WP 2-6-6-2 #209 - Western Pacific
Description:  A fine photo of the 1924 Alco-Richmond built 2-6-6-2 for the Western Pacific from the Harold K. Vollrath collection. According to SteamLocomotive.com, the first 5 in the class built by Brooks in 1917 cost $52,861 each but by the time the last 5 were built by Richmond in 1924 the cost per loco had increased to $83,405. Inflation was a constant problem even back then! Specifics - M-80 class,57" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 23.5x32" high pressure cylinders, 37x32" low pressure cylinders, engine weight of 429,500 lb, tractive effort of 75,112 lb.
Photo Date:  7/1/1946  Upload Date: 3/4/2015 5:30:11 PM
Location:  Keddie, CA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  WP 209(2-6-6-2)
Views:  1295   Comments: 2


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