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Owner: Nickel Plate
Model:Alco 4-6-4Built As:NKP 173 (4-6-4)
Serial Number:67214Order No:B-1695
Frame Number:25X26 cylinders, 73" driversBuilt:2/1927
Notes:Brooks 02/1927, reblt in 1937 and 1946, sold 03/31/1961
Other locos with this serial:  NKP 173(4-6-4)
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ALCO Builders Photo - NKP 173 Hudson
Title:  ALCO Builders Photo - NKP 173 Hudson
Description:  Nickel Plate Road (NYC&StL) 4-6-4 class L1a number 173 at Brooks Works, Dunkirk, New York, around February 1927. As built it was equipped with 73" drivers, by 1937 it was equipped with 74" drivers, smoke deflectors were added in May 1946, roller bearing engine truck added in July 1946, Commonweath engine bed with cast intregal cylinders added in January 1947. Last run was June 1, 1958 (Calumet to Fort Wayne), sold to Louisiana Eastern in March 31, 1961 and eventually scrapped.
Photo Date:  3/31/1927  Upload Date: 4/15/2012 10:59:59 AM
Location:  Dunkirk, NY
Author:  ALCO
Categories:  Roster,Model,Steam
Locomotives:  NKP 173(4-6-4)
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