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Owner: Great Northern
Model:Alco 4-8-0Built As:GN 749 (4-8-0)
Serial Number:5549Order No:
Frame Number:19X32 cylinders, 55" driversBuilt:5/1900
Notes:Rogers, 1900, class G-3, sfs 11/49
Other locos with this serial:  GN 749(4-8-0)
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GN 4-8-0 #749 - Great Northern
Title:  GN 4-8-0 #749 - Great Northern
Description:  Good looking example of a Rogers Locomotive Works 4-8-0 twelve wheeler or "Mastodon" type steam locomotive built in 1899, just a couple years before Rogers would merge into the ALCO group. Surprisinglyu quite a few of this class lasted until WWII. Specs - serial #5549, class G-3, 55" drivers, 180 psi boiler pressure, 20x24" cylinders, engine weight of 176,000 lb, tractive effort of 35,706 lb. No date or location was given for this photo and the photo credit may be the initials "JGG."Specs - serial #5549, class G-3, 55" drivers, 180 psi boiler pressure, 20x24" cylinders, engine weighgt of 176,000 lb, tractive effort of 35,706 lb. No date or location was given for this photo and the photo credit may be the initials "JGG."
Photo Date:  6/1/1938  Upload Date: 6/7/2021 4:31:54 AM
Location:  St Paul, MN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  GN 749(4-8-0)
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