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Owner: Chicago Great Western
Model:BLW 2-8-0Built As:Builder Info (Unavailable )
Serial Number:35208Order No:
Frame Number: Built:
Notes:1910, class G-3, re4built 08/1917, sfs 05/1950
Other locos with this serial:  CGW 355(2-8-0)
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CGW 2-8-0 #355 - Chicago Great Western
Title:  CGW 2-8-0 #355 - Chicago Great Western
Description:  Here is another example of a 1910 Baldwin built 2-8-0 Consolidation sitting in an unidentified yard, possibly Oelwein, IA, shops area. Specs - class G-3, 63" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 24x30" cylinders, engine weight of 222,650 lb, tractive effort of 46,629 lb. Twelve of the 40 G-3 Consolidations were rebuilt by CGW shops into G-4 class Consolidations. All were retired between 1930-1950. No photographer listed. The date and location are approximate since neither were given.
Photo Date:  6/1/1940  Upload Date: 1/22/2018 9:51:03 AM
Location:  Oelwein, IA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CGW 355(2-8-0)
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