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Aberdeen
& Hazen - North Carolina - built 01-1891- Class "B" -
approximately 13 tons The locomotive was named "C. W. Tarbell". It had solid rather than the typical spoked wheels and was believed to be the first Class "B" built.350d |
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Kulp & Thomas Co. #1 - Milroy, Miflin County, Pennsylvania - circa 1894 |
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Nichola Lumber Co.'s "Ruth Park"
- c/n 143, built April 1894 - Purchased new by the company and sold to an unknown
party in 1906. Photo circa 1898 at Nichola, Clarke Co., Alabama USA. From the
Phillip Kotheimer colleciton. Photo research credits to
Tom Lawson, author of the "Logging Railroads of Alabama", where this and many other geared locomotive photos can be found. |
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Wilson Lumber Co. #1 - @Wilson, WV - Class "A" - 13 ton - two truck - vertical boiler - double flange wheels for operation on wood rail or possibly log "pole" rail. |
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Class "A" - four wheeled - two axle - side rods - called "grasshoppers" - built by Dunkirk Iron Works, the predecessor to Dunkirk Engineering Company. Not of the Gilbert design. |
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Class "A" - two truck - Charles D. Scott, inventor of the Climax Locomotive, pictured at left. Photo from the Wells Eugene Scott collection. |
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Tionesta Valley Railroad - Class "A" - two truck near Duhring, Pennsylvania. Photo credit Jane Bollinger. |
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Acme Extract Co. #1 - Class "A" - two truck - 3' gauge - @Dunkirk, NY 1898 - From Harold K. Vollrath collection, with permission. |
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Class "A" Two Truck - drawing by David M. Hoffman, author "The Geared Locomotives of Dunkirk". With permission. |
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Class "B" patent drawing. From "The Geared Locomotives of Dunkirk". With permission. |
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J. W. Blaisdell #2 - Class "B" - two truck - 16 ton @ Bradford, PA - Dec. 1891 - From Harold K. Vollrath collection, with permission |
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Fox and Crain - Class "B" - Forest County, Pennsylvania - Photo credit Forest Press |
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