| Title: |
CB&Q 0-6-0 Class G-8 1719 |
| Description: |
Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 0-6-0 Class G-8 1719 at Kansas City, Missouri on August 7, 1935, photograph by Truman Boyd, Louis Zadnichek collection via Robert W. Johnston. Number 1719 was built by Baldwin August 1901 ( c/n 19495 ) as 2-6-2 Class R-2 1719, rebuilt in 1918 to an 0-6-0, retaining the 1719 road number, classed G-8, retired in May 1941. There appears to be pipes below the pilot beam pointing toward the track. Hol Wagner offers the following: They appear to be steam nozzles for clearing switches of ice and snow. |
| Photo Date: |
8/7/1935 Upload Date: 4/6/2021 9:15:55 AM |
| Location: |
Kansas City, MO |
| Author: |
Truman Boyd |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
CBQ 1719(0-6-0) |
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