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446:. Built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in June 1924, No. 90 originally pulled sugar beet trains for the Great Western Railway of Colorado, and it was the largest of the company’s roster. In April 1967, No. 90 was purchased by the Strasburg Rail Road, and has been pulling excursion trains there, ever since.
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Decapod was the GW's final active road locomotive, by that time. SRC quickly put in a bid of $ 23,000 (equal to $ 210,168 in 2024) in cash, with the intention of shipping it to their Pennsylvania location. Some other
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Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's (CB&Q) shops in Denver, where repairs on the locomotive took several months to complete. In the process, the locomotive received its extended smokebox to accommodate the lignite coal it used, at the time.
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921:Boyd (1978)
470:superheated
431:is a class
422:References:
410:Disposition
273:Walschaerts
215:Loco weight
1374:Categories
1228:January 5,
1046:2022-12-12
822:2020-11-12
771:References
586:(LV), and
481:sugar beet
438:"Decapod"
268:Valve gear
82:Build date
48:Power type
1100:March 17,
557:Nos. 1238
341:Operators
223:Fuel type
194:Axle load
85:June 1924
1352:93041472
1308:75-26118
1018:March 7,
816:Archived
812:"No. 90"
740:See also
513:Longmont
472:boiler.
392:Restored
236:
233:Firebox:
166: in
117:
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643:Gallery
582:(CNJ),
569:No. 127
526:-based
450:History
433:12-42-F
384:Retired
367:Numbers
361:12-42-F
161:⁄
77:12-42-F
56:Builder
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1193:May 1,
1187:Trains
1165:May 1,
1159:Trains
1127:Trains
861:
732:No. 15
725:No. 89
638:again.
604:Ashley
551:(CPR)
517:Denver
477:2-8-0s
436:2-10-0
376:SRC 90
336:Career
183:Driver
129:2-10-0
1248:WGAL8
1094:(PDF)
571:from
553:4-6-2
373:GW 90
356:Class
147:Gauge
141:1′E h
124:Whyte
74:Model
69:57812
51:Steam
1348:LCCN
1338:ISBN
1304:LCCN
1260:2024
1230:2023
1195:2024
1167:2024
1135:2024
1102:2023
1020:2023
859:ISBN
729:BEDT
727:and
594:and
561:1286
559:and
387:1967
323:3.88
227:Coal
185:dia.
95:1995
93:1954
608:wye
307:lbf
137:UIC
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