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Owner: US Steel
Model:BLW VO-1000Built As:TCI 802 (VO-1000)
Serial Number:72789Order No:
Frame Number:Built:7/1946
Notes:ex-Tennessee Coal and Iron 802
Other locos with this serial:  USSX 131(VO-1000)
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USS 131
Title:  USS 131
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/13/1973  Upload Date: 7/9/2011 10:04:52 AM
Location:  Ensley, AL
Author:  Robert Farkas
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  USSX 131(VO-1000)
Views:  779   Comments: 5
USS 131
Title:  USS 131
Description:  The Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co. ordered 4 VO-1000’s from Baldwin in 1946. They were initially numbered 800-803 and were used at the TCI&RR steel mill at Pratt City, AL (near Birmingham), which became the TC&I Division of the US Steel Fairfield Works. TCI&RR 800 to 803 were built in June and July of 1946 as Baldwin construction numbers 72230, 72231, 72789 & 72790, respectively. These were the last units Baldwin built with the 8 cylinder VO engine. US Steel renumbered the units in reverse order to numbers 133 to 130, making the 131 the second to last VO-1000 built. By the mid 1960’s, all 4 units had been repowered with EMD 12 cylinder 567 engines.
Photo Date:  10/13/1973  Upload Date: 4/15/2012 10:18:27 PM
Location:  Ensley, AL
Author:  Robert Farkas
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  USSX 131(VO-1000)
Views:  707   Comments: 4
USS 131
Title:  USS 131
Description:  United States Steel 131 - re-engined Baldwin switcher
Photo Date:  10/13/1973  Upload Date: 10/14/2019 3:37:36 AM
Location:  Ensley, AL
Author:  Robert Farkas
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  USSX 131(VO-1000)
Views:  334   Comments: 1


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