To: gpapa
1866? huh? I guess the 3 domes threw me a little. I though a bit later than the 1860's.
The picture you posted. Man. I remember that picture. It was famous when I was a kid. I bet there was a picture of that locomotive hanging in every railroad station in the U.S. back then.
741 posted on
01/26/2008 3:45:48 PM PST by
Fiddlstix
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To: Fiddlstix
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742 posted on
01/26/2008 3:51:26 PM PST by
Jim Robinson
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To: Fiddlstix
1866 was what the caption said. The pic is from the C&NW Historical Society. The location of the photo of where the photo was taken was not indicated.
One of the more famous locomotives associated with Chicago is the Baldwin Pioneer 4-2-0 which pulled the first train westward from Chi-town in 1848.
Pioneer CNW 4-2-0
760 posted on
01/26/2008 6:41:51 PM PST by
gpapa
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