CRIP 4-4-0 #609 - Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific  Contributor's Pick!       
Built by the Rock Island shops in 1890, this cute 8 wheeler was a B-16 class locomotive with 68" drivers. It could develop a modest 160 psi boiler pressure for its 18"x24" cylinders. The engine weight was 107,300 lb and it could apply a modest tractive effort of 15,552 lbs but enough to move traffic at the turn of the century. Note the crew member standing by the front coupling - must be setting it for the next linkup . . . or cleaning dead cows from the "cow catcher"! Month and day in 1933 is approximate - unknown photographer.
Date: 6/1/1933 Location: Saint Joseph, MO   Map Show Saint Joseph on a rail map Views: 1087 Collection Of:   Gary Everhart
Locomotives: CRIP 609(4-4-0)    Author:  Gary Everhart
CRIP 4-4-0 #609 - Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Picture Categories: Roster,Steam This picture is part of album:  CRIP STEAM ALBUM (Rock Island)
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