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IATR Steeple Cab #30 - Iowa Terminal RR |
| Description: |
Built by McGuire in 1915, this little steeple cab has led an interesting life. Built for the Charles City Western Rwy (CCW) as their #300, it was part of the Iowa Terminal RR purchase of the CCW in 1963 and renumbered as #30 for the Charles City electrified section. On May 15, 1968, an F5 tornado went through Charles City, destroying the line’s overhead wires. The ITR decided not to restore the overhead but to “dieselize” the Charles City Division. Motors #53, #30, and Car #101 were transferred to Mason City and basically put into storage. Eventually Motor #30 was sold to the Illinois Railroad Museum, where it is in the final stages of restoration as CCW #300. Specs - 32 ft long, 9'3" wide, engine weight of 7,000 lb, 4 GE 205E motores. No photographer and date is approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1965 Upload Date: 9/7/2016 6:10:56 PM |
| Location: |
Unknown, IA |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
IATR 30(Steeple Cab) |
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252 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
IATR 30 |
| Description: |
Iowa Terminal Railroad 30 at Charles City, Iowa on an unknown day in August 1965, Kodachrome by unknown photographer, Chuck Zeiler collection. Number 30 was built by the McGuire Cummings Company in 1915 as Charles City Western 300. It was equipped with four GE205E traction motors, McG-C10A trucks, MC 101A controls, and weighed 70,000 pounds. It was acquited by the IATR in December 1964. It was sold to the Illinois Railway Museum in March 1970 and shipped in 1972. |
| Photo Date: |
8/1/1965 Upload Date: 7/7/2014 12:15:11 PM |
| Location: |
Charles City, IA |
| Author: |
unknown |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
IATR 30(Steeple Cab) |
| Views: |
832 Comments: 3 |
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