Detail View: NNRy Equipment and Building Roster: #201
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Title:
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#201
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Category:
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Locomotives
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Service:
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Freight
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Description:
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Purchased new by KCC NMD, order no. S-3150.
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Disposition:
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Undergoing Restoration
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Date Retired:
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1982
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Disposition Description:
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Transferred to KCC Utah in 1978 and renumbered #909, transferred back to the NNRy November 2, 1979 to May 5, 1980, donated to the Puget Sound Railway Historical Foundation, shipped from Bingham January 12, 1984, delivered July 11, 1984. Housed at the Northwest Railway Museum, Snoqualmie, Washington until November 2021 when the locomotive was transferred back to the NNRy.
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Locomotive Category:
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Diesel
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Builder-Loco:
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Alco
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Build Date-Loco:
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May 1951
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Build Number-Loco:
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78217
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Locomotive Type/Model:
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RSD-4
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Locomotive Weight:
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286,000 lbs.
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Horsepower:
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1,600
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Type:
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Diesel
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Locomotive Service Notes:
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Placed in ore delivery service June 6, 1951. Then primarily used for switching at Copper Flat and to relieve or assist #401 in freight service. On June 15, 1951 the locomotive handled 4,663 tons in general freight service from Shafter to McGill, over the last mile of Steptoe speed was reduced to 5 MPH but the engine was "doing all that was expected handling tonnage."
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