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The 905 Locomotive
 

 

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1914, Fairbury, Nebraska.  photo from the Rod Wylie Collection, courtesy Jim Reisdorff
     
The 905's Statistics:
 
Pewter Replica of Builder's Plate, manufactured by Michael Ricker   905's data on back of Pewter Replica of Builder's Plate, manufactured by Michael Ricker
   

If you can't read the back of the pewter replica, the statistics are:

Built by:  American Locomotive Company, Schenectady, N.Y.

Placed in service:  August 1910 by the Rock Island Railroad.

Original cost:  $21,000.  Weight, engine & tender:  390,640 lbs.

4-6-2 Pacific   4 leading trucks, 6 drivers, 2 trailing trucks

P-33 type, tractive force: 32,850 lbs.  Drivers:  74 inch

Coal fired.... tender held 16 tons of coal and 10,000 gallons of water.

Driver diameter:  74 inches.  Top speed:  100 mph.  Normal Speed 60-70 mph.

Moved to Fuqua Park at the end of 1954.