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CGW 2-8-0 #320 - Chicago Great Western
Title:  CGW 2-8-0 #320 - Chicago Great Western
Description:  Proud road crew pause for a photo with their 1909 Baldwin built 2-8-0 Consolidation steam locomotive. 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 9:50:52 AM
Location:  Oelwein, IA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CGW 320(2-8-0)
Views:  522   Comments: 0
CGW 2-8-0 #347 - Chicago Great Western
Title:  CGW 2-8-0 #347 - Chicago Great Western
Description:  A 1909-10 Baldwin built 2-8-0 Consolidation is on the turntable at what appears to be the Oelwein, IA, roundhouse. 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 9:50:55 AM
Location:  Oelwein, IA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CGW 347(2-8-0)
Views:  467   Comments: 0
CGW 2-8-0 #351 - Chicago Great Western
Title:  CGW 2-8-0 #351 - Chicago Great Western
Description:  Posed next to the massive coaling tower which might be the Oelwein, Ia, shops area is the 1910 Baldwin built 2-8-0 Consolidation #351. 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 9:50:58 AM
Location:  Oelwein, IA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CGW 351(2-8-0)
Views:  368   Comments: 0
CGW 2-8-0 #354 - Chicago Great Western
Title:  CGW 2-8-0 #354 - Chicago Great Western
Description:  Another 1910 Baldwin built 2-8-0 Consolidation sits in reserve at an unidentified location, 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 9:51:00 AM
Location:  Oelwein, IA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CGW 354(2-8-0)
Views:  380   Comments: 0
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)
Views:  395   Comments: 0
CGW 2-8-0 #600 - Chicago Great Western
Title:  CGW 2-8-0 #600 - Chicago Great Western
Description:  This is the first of twelve rebuilds of the former G-3 class locos done by the Chicago Great Western shops done between 1927-30. Larger 26" cylinder and thermic syphons were installed with an overall improved tractive effort of 54,700 lb. All Consolidations were retired between 1930-50. No photographer listed. The date and location are approximate since neither were given..
Photo Date:  6/1/1940  Upload Date: 1/22/2018 9:51:05 AM
Location:  Oelwein, IA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CGW 600(2-8-0)
Views:  389   Comments: 0
CGW 2-8-0 #602 - Chicago Great Western
Title:  CGW 2-8-0 #602 - Chicago Great Western
Description:  Another example of a rebuilt former G-3 Consolidation done by the Chicago Great Western shops at Oelwein, IA. Larger 26" cylinder and thermic syphons were installed with an overall improved tractive effort of 54,700 lb. All Consolidations were retired between 1930-50. No photographer listed. The date and location are approximate since neither were given.
Photo Date:  6/1/1940  Upload Date: 1/22/2018 9:51:08 AM
Location:  Oelwein, IA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CGW 602(2-8-0)
Views:  273   Comments: 0
CGW 2-8-0 #602 - Chicago Great Western
Title:  CGW 2-8-0 #602 - Chicago Great Western
Description:  Good looking 2-8-0 Consolidation with a head of steam sitting in the Rochester, MN, yard. Originally built by Baldwin in 1910 as a class G-3 #300 but rebuilt and renumbered by CGW shops twice, once between 1915-19 and again in 1927. Final rebuild specifics - 63" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 26x30" cylinders, engine weight of 240,500 lb, tractive effort of 54724 lb. Exact date in 1947 was not given. unknown photographer
Photo Date:  6/1/1947  Upload Date: 9/6/2015 10:01:03 AM
Location:  Rochester, MN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  CGW 602(2-8-0)
Views:  454   Comments: 0
CGW 2-8-0 #607 - Chicago Great Western
Title:  CGW 2-8-0 #607 - Chicago Great Western
Description:  Steamed up and ready for its next assignment is one of the Chicago Great Western shops rebuild of a fomer G-3 Consolidation. Larger 26" cylinder and thermic syphons were installed with an overall improved tractive effort of 54,700 lb. All Consolidations were retired between 1930-50. No photographer listed. The date and location are approximate since neither were given.
Photo Date:  6/1/1940  Upload Date: 1/22/2018 9:51:12 AM
Location:  Oelwein, IA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CGW 607(2-8-0)
Views:  309   Comments: 0
CGW 2-8-0 #609 - Chicago Great Western
Title:  CGW 2-8-0 #609 - Chicago Great Western
Description:  Good looking example of the 1927-30 rebuilt Consolidation from a former G-3 unit done by the Chicago Great Western shops at Oelwein, IA. Consolidations. Larger 26" cylinder and thermic syphons were installed with an overall improved tractive effort of 54,700 lb. All Consolidations were retired between 1930-50. No photographer listed. The date and location are approximate since neither were given.
Photo Date:  6/1/1940  Upload Date: 1/22/2018 9:51:15 AM
Location:  Oelwein, IA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CGW 609(2-8-0)
Views:  286   Comments: 0
CGW 2-8-0 #610 - Chicago Great Western
Title:  CGW 2-8-0 #610 - Chicago Great Western
Description:  Somewhat fuzzy older reprint of the 1927-30 rebuilt 2-8-0 Consolidation done by the Chicago Great Western shops at Oelwein, IA. Larger 26" cylinder and thermic syphons were installed with an overall improved tractive effort of 54,700 lb. All Consolidations were retired between 1930-50. No photographer listed. The date and location are approximate since neither were given.
Photo Date:  6/1/1940  Upload Date: 1/22/2018 9:51:18 AM
Location:  Oelwein, IA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CGW 610(2-8-0)
Views:  345   Comments: 0


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