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Owner: Chicago Burlington & Quincy
Model:BLW 2-8-2Built As:CBQ 5073 (2-8-2)
Serial Number:45761Order No:
Frame Number:27X30 cylinders, 64" driversBuilt:6/1917
Notes:O-1-A, blt 06/17, sfs 04/54
Other locos with this serial:  CBQ 5073(2-8-2)
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CB&Q 2-8-2 Class O-1-A 5073
Title:  CB&Q 2-8-2 Class O-1-A 5073
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 2-8-2 Class O-1-A 5073 at Keenesburg, Colorado on November 9, 1945, photograph by J. Schick, print by Gordon C. Bassett, Chuck Zeiler collection. Number 5073 was built by Baldwin in June 1917 (c/n 45761) and sold for scrap in April 1954. This locomotive was a lignite coal burner, the evidence being the extended smokebox and the yellow square painted on the side of the tender near the top rear of the coal bunker.
Photo Date:  11/9/1945  Upload Date: 1/19/2016 7:03:56 PM
Location:  Keenesburg, CO
Author:  J. Schick
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  CBQ 5073(2-8-2)
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