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Coal bunker Compartment for storage of fuel before being directed to the firebox. When the fuel is coal (and in the distant past, coke or wood), the fireman shovels it manually through the firebox door or, in larger locomotives, by operating a mechanical stoker. When the fuel is oil, it is sprayed into the firebox from a sealed tank. [2] [3]: 79
Originally, North Western Coal and Navigation Company #10. NWC&N was sold to the Alberta Railway & Coal Co. in 1891. Locomotive reduced to an 0-6-0, most likely in 1893 to accommodate dual gauge coupler fixtures. [31] Restored to a 2-6-0 and sold to the Columbia and Western Railway in 1896 (C&W #2).
Alaska Railroad 557 is an S160 class 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type steam locomotive built in 1944 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the U.S. Army Transportation Corps during World War II. It was subsequently transferred to the Alaska Railroad to pull freight trains, maintenance trains, and occasional passenger trains throughout the state of Alaska.
The Alaska office was in Katalla, Alaska. [1] In February 1908 Wesley P. Rodgers was asked by Clark Davis to come immediately to Seattle. Clark Davis was the father of Charles D. Davis and was one of the early driving forces behind this new group to develop the Bering River coal fields.
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The Alaska Central went bankrupt in 1907 and was reorganized as the Alaska Northern Railroad Company in 1911, which extended the line another 21 miles (34 km) northward. On March 12, 1914, the U.S. Congress agreed to fund construction and operation of an all-weather railroad from Seward to Fairbanks and purchased the rail line from the ...
The plant was producing more than 300 various styles and models of four types of cooking devices: coal/wood, electric, gas and combinations of any two of those types. In addition to domestic equipment, commercial ranges were produced for restaurants, hotels and other institutions.
The ALCO RS-1 is a 4-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by Alco-GE between 1941 and 1953 and the American Locomotive Company from 1953 to 1960. ALCO subsidiary Montreal Locomotive Works built an additional three RS-1s in 1954.