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Owner: Bangor & Aroostook
Model:Alco 4-8-2Built As:BAR 105 (4-8-2)
Serial Number:68526Order No:S-1708
Frame Number:22.5X30 cylinders 63" driversBuilt:10/1930
Notes:Schenectady 10/1930, class M, scrapped 6/50
Other locos with this serial:  BAR 105(4-8-2)
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BAR 4-8-2 #105 - Bangor & Aroostook
Title:  BAR 4-8-2 #105 - Bangor & Aroostook
Description:  Here is another 1929 Alco-Schenectady built 4-8-2 Mountain type locomotive sitting at the edge of the turntable at the North Main Juntion yard near Hermon, ME. These relatively small Mountain type locos with small drivers were for low-speed freight hauling. Like many in its class, this loco met up with the scrapper's torch in June of 1950. Specs - class M, 62" drivers, impressive 240 psi boiler pressure, 22.5x30" cylinders, engine weight of 317,490 lb, tractive effort of 49,972 lb.. Exact date of this photo is unknown. The photo came from the Henry O. Preble collection.
Photo Date:  5/4/1941  Upload Date: 1/3/2018 5:01:07 PM
Location:  Hermon, ME
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  BAR 105(4-8-2)
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