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Pictures of GN 2005
Owner:
Great Northern
Model:
BLW 2-8-8-0
Built As:
GN 2005 (2-8-8-0)
Serial Number:
38186
Order No:
Frame Number:
28/42x32 cyl., 63" drivers
Built:
8/1912
Notes:
simpled to 25x32 in 10/1925, Retired 12/57.
Other locos with this serial:
GN 2005(2-8-8-0)
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Title:
Great Northetn steam engine 2-8-8-0 at Mpls Jct MN in 1947
Description:
Normally assigned to the GN iron range division the large articulated engines came through Mpls Jct MN in winter months when great lakep froze to run freights on Willmar GN division. Note the GN coaling towers at Mpls Jct MN. Horsepower around 6,300 and could haul 200 loaded ore car trains at 14,000 tons without aid. This N3 class articulated ran between Allouez and Hibbing ore mines. Steam lasted thru the fall of 1957 on the GN. Mpls Jct has a wye to turn these large engines, and the wye remains on the BNSF today.
Photo Date:
6/15/1947
Upload Date:
5/13/2023 11:39:10 PM
Location:
Minneapolis Jct., MN
Author:
S Kotnour
Categories:
Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
GN 2005(2-8-8-0)
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Great Northern 2-8-8-0 steam engine in the storage lines early in the 1960s.
Description:
The GN stored many steam engines around the system thru the 1960s. This is at Superior WI GN yard near Duluth. The GN used these for hauling iron ore as an N3 class on the MN iron range. The boiler operated at 240 psi. Horsepower is estimated at over 6,400 HP. This engine weighed over 280 tons and 110 feet long. A modern diesel engine on average is 4,400 HP in the year 2011. Some N3 class steam engines were still running in 1954. This operated out of the Allouez GN roundhouse.
Photo Date:
1/15/1961
Upload Date:
9/9/2011 2:10:58 PM
Location:
superior, MN
Author:
S Kotnour
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
GN 2005(2-8-8-0)
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