The Chicago and North Western Railway 's Class E-2 was a 4-6-2 "Pacific" type locomotive built by the American Locomotive Company in Schenectady, New York in 1923. [1] . Twelve were originally built, and all were later converted.

Several sources point out that the C&NW E-3 Pacifics were the largest pacifics ever built. However, they were virtually ignored. There were only three of them, and they ran on the Twin Cities / Omaha route, which is hardly a route of glamour trains. All the famous Twin Cities trains ran either to Chicago or out west to Seattle.

Model E2 Pacific C&NW #2908 971 views 1st place steam category at the 2008 model contest. James Boughton made the following changes: Removed air pump from left running board Added new air pump to left pilot Added additional Cal Scale details to engine

Jun 14, 2016 · These futuristic locomotives were built in the 1930s. The Chicago and North Western Railway’s Class E-2 was a 4-6-2 “Pacific” type locomotive built by the American Locomotive Company in Schenectady, New York in 1923. Twelve were originally built, and all were later converted.

Road Number Model Bldr & Date Bldr No. Notes; 10 44-tonner Whit - 6/1943 60284; Ex-CSPMO 10 11-15 S1 Alco 6-8/48 75890-75894 Re-#d to 1216-1220; nee CGW 11-15

The Chicago and North Western Railway's Class E-2 was a 4-6-2 "Pacific" type locomotive built by the American Locomotive Company in Schenectady, New York in 1923. Twelve were originally built, and all were later converted. Four of these locomotives gained the Class E-2-a designation in late 1934 when they were converted to burn oil instead of coal, upgraded with larger drivers, and had other ...

2022.019.CNW.E2.2909B--holman braden PC neg--C&NW--steam locomotive 4-6-2 E-2B 2909 on passenger train San Francisco Overland action--Council Bluffs IA--1937 0919 Holman Braden photography of Chicago & North Western steam locomotives organized by class.

Mar 28, 2022 · As pictured it looks like the CNW E2 has already been upgraded to a E7 carbody at the time of its demise in this accident. The E3A was leading, the E2A is the E unit with the round portholes. The 1951 ICC Accident report for C&NW gives some details of the wreck.

The Chicago and North Western Railway's Class E-2 was a 4-6-2 "Pacific" type locomotive built by the American Locomotive Company in Schenectady, New York in 1923. Twelve were originally built, and all were later converted.

2022.019.CNW.E2.2902E--holman braden PC neg--C&NW--steam locomotive 4-6-2 E-2A 2902 with passenger train 401 departing station--Milwaukee WI--1936 1011 Holman Braden photography of Chicago & North Western steam locomotives organized by class.

Between 1909 and 1923 the Chicago & North Western received 186 Pacific types (4-6-2) of class E from the American Locomotive Company.

Initially this fast train was powered by four rebuilt class E-2 4-6-2s of which No. 2908, shown here, was one. The rebuilding was carried out in 1934 in the C&NW's Crawford Avenue Shops in Chicago. The rebuilt class E-2-A had 79-inch disc drivers and cast steel 26x28-inch cylinders, and weighed 295,000 pounds.

In this view of C&NW 4-6-2 No. 1667 we note that the 1940s rebuilding of this group of Pacifics included, for at least some engines, the application of disc main drivers and a one-piece cast Delta trailing truck in addition to those features noted on the page for No. 1620 preceding.

Data from CStPM&O 4 - 1900 Locomotive Diagrams supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive Rail Data Exchange. Works number was 1699 in January 1883. Although similar to many of the Eight-wheelers coming into service on the …

May 17, 2022 · About all I can tell you on the CNW unit is it was the only one of the early 201-A engine 1800 horse units bodied by EMC that didn't become an E-8m in 1952-53. That, and the CNW had four other E-2-a locomotives.

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Jan 22, 2023 · I have a large stash of very inexpensive Atlas O 6222 CNW Stock cars that I've picked up for peanuts over the years. From time to time I knock out a quick upgrade with renumbered decals, 2 rail scale wheels, and Kadee couplers.

PFM United Pacific Fast MailH.O. gauge brass Chicago and Northwestern Class E2 4-6-2 Pacific locomotiveThis is a beautifully detailed locomotive and would make an excellent project for someone wanting