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Owner: Maine Central
Model:Alco 4-4-0Built As:PK 1 (4-4-0)
Serial Number:68Order No:
Frame Number:14X20 cylinders, 66" driversBuilt:5/1854
Notes:Portland Works 05/1854, named G. W. Pickering
Other locos with this serial:  MEC 11(4-4-0)
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The G W Pickering
Title:  The G W Pickering
Description:  Date, location, and photographer are unknown. Built July 1854 by the Portland Works (SerNo68) it was Locomotive #1 for an MEC predcessor The Penobscot & Kennebec RR which ran between Waterville & Bangor in 1855. This locomotive became MEC #11. It was sold to the Credit Valley in May of 1879. A tip of the hat to Richard F Dole and William D Edison of the RLHS for the research I've drawn upon for this series of photographs. /DL
Photo Date:  1/1/1900  Upload Date: 10/28/2015 11:51:13 PM
Location:  Unknown, ME
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  MEC 11(4-4-0)
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