Freight Motors at the Oregon Electric Railway Museum

I originally posted information about Antique Powerland on my website in a PLACES page on November 23, 2007 and last updated it on December 18, 2009. I am posting the railroad-related information here, with pictures and information from the 2010 Great Oregon Steam-Up. All of my information about Antique Powerland can be found at PlacesPages.

Anaconda Copper Freight Motor #351

Freight Motor #351 at Antique Powerland on August 4, 2007

This 35-ton steeplecab freight motor was built by General Electric in 1903 as Missoula Street Railway #.03 for use in Missoula, Montana.

Freight Motor #351 at Antique Powerland on July 31, 2010

It was sold to Anaconda Copper of Anaconda, Montana in 1935 as #351.

Freight Motor #351 at Antique Powerland on July 31, 2010

The exterior was painted at Powerland in 2007.

Anaconda Copper Freight Motor #254

Freight Motor #254 at Antique Powerland on August 4, 2007

This 25-ton steeplecab freight motor was built by General Electric for the Missoula Street Railway.

Freight Motor #254 at Antique Powerland on July 31, 2010

It was sold to Anaconda Copper as #254 in 1916 and was retired in 1973.

Motors #254 & #351 at Antique Powerland on July 31, 2010

At the 2010 Steam Up #254 was coupled to #351 in front of the carbarn.

Motors #254 & #351 at Antique Powerland on July 31, 2010

Anaconda Copper Freight Motor #401

Freight Motor #401 at Antique Powerland on August 4, 2007

This 40-ton steeplecab freight motor was built by Baldwin-Westinghouse in 1912 as Timber Butte Milling Company #1. It was sold to Anaconda Copper in 1930 as their #401, and used at Butte, Montana until retired in 1973. It was originally equipped for third rail operation, as overhead wires would have interfered with ore being dumped into freight cars from above.

Freight Motor #401 at Antique Powerland on August 1, 2009

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South Shore Line #803

The Chicago, South Shore & South Bend Railroad, also known as the South Shore Line, was the equivalent of the North Shore Line on the other side of Chicago. The South Shore Line ran from Chicago to South Bend, Indiana. Locomotive #803 was originally one of 20 built by General Electric in 1949 for the Russian railway. While the locomotives were under construction, the United States banned their shipment to the Soviet Union due to the beginning of Cold War tension. Upon their completion, the locomotives were offered for sale to other buyers. The South Shore was the first buyer, acquiring 3 of the locomotives in 1949. The 5,120 horsepower locomotives were used in freight service on the South Shore. Of the remaining locomotives, 12 were purchased by the Milwaukee Road for its electrified main lines in Montana and Washington, and 5 were purchased by the Paulista Railway of Brazil. This entire group of locomotives, or at least those that remained in America, were nicknamed Little Joes after Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. The South Shore’s Little Joes were retired in February 1981, and #803 arrived at IRM on July 19, 1981. In addition to #803, other surviving Little Joes include South Shore #802 owned by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum of Baltimore, Maryland, and on loan since 1994 to the Lake Shore Railway Museum in North East, Pennsylvania where it is displayed, Milwaukee Road #E-70 on display in Deer Lodge, Montana, and two of the Brazilian units at museums in Brazil. The South Shore Line itself still exists today, though its freight and passenger operations have been split into separate companies. The passenger operations are still electric and are considered to be America’s last interurban, operated by the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District. The freight service is handled by diesel locomotives.

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Pennsylvania RR GG1 #4927

Pennsylvania #4927 is a GG1 built by the Pennsylvania Railroad at its own Juanita Shops in Altoona, PA in 1942. 139 GG1s were built between 1934 and 1943, all for the Pennsylvania Railroad. They were transferred to the Pennsylvania’s successor Penn Central in 1968. 40 GG1s were eventually sold to Amtrak, including #4927 in 1976, when it became Amtrak #4939. The rest operated on Penn Central’s successor Conrail until 1979. 13 of those were acquired by New Jersey Transit. Amtrak retired the GG1s in 1981. The last operating GG1s were retired from New Jersey Transit in 1983. Today, only 16 of the 139 GG1s survive. #4927 is one of those few, having found its way to IRM after its retirement in 1981. It was restored to Pennsylvania colors in 1999.

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Commonwealth Edison #4

Commonwealth Edison #4 was built by Alco and General Electric in 1911. This style of electric locomotive is called a steeplecab, because of the tall, centered cab. Commonwealth Edison used the locomotive on a short railroad it built to supply coal to a power plant in Chicago. Commonwealth Edison purchased its last electric locomotive (used) in 1948. Shortly after that, Commonwealth Edison began buying diesel locomotives.

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