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Title
Great Northern Steam Locomotive 1480 at undated
Date(s)
- undated (Creation)
Extent
1 photograph
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Scope and content
Great Northern Steam Locomotive 1480, a Class H-4, a 4-6-2, built by Lima in 1914, 23-1/2"x30" cylinders, 73" drivers, 210 psi steam pressure, 251,200 pounds weight, 35,690 pounds tractive effort, leading the northbound local to Colville, Kettle Falls, and Marcus, Washington. It connected at Marcus to Nelson, British Columbia and to Republic and Grand Forks, British Columbia, these were mainline passenger power in the late teens and up to about 1927 when the Great Northern Railway got the 2500-2527 Mountain engines. Taken at an unknown location. From the David Emerson Collection, a Maynard Rikerd photo, undated.
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Languages of the material
- English
Scripts of the material
- Latin
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Custodial history
Ownership of Great Northern Railway subjects resides in the the Great Northern Railway Historical Society unless otherwise noted.
Immediate source of acquisition
Donated by Millie Emerson. Accrual W2013-014 (JSRH 419.1) received June 2, 2013.
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Rules or conventions
Describing Archives - A Content Standard (DACS) 2nd Edition 2013
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Archivist's note
Description preparared by J. McCurry.
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- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.) (Subject)