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Owner:
Kansas City Southern
Model:
Alco 4-6-2
Built As:
KCS 803 (4-6-2)
Serial Number:
50624
Order No:
S-850
Frame Number:
24X28 cylinders, 74" drivers
Built:
3/1912
Notes:
Schenectady, 1912, H class, scrapped 05/52
Other locos with this serial:
KCS 803(4-6-2)
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Title:
KCS 4-6-2 #803 - "The Flying Crow", Kansas City Southern
Description:
An unknown photographer captured this 1912 built Alco-Schenectady Pacific-type loco hauling a long string of varnish on this day. It had tall 75" drivers to handle the passenger speeds and could generate a repectable boiler pressure of 200 psi to feed to its 24"x28" cylinders. It had an engine weight of 258,000 lb and produced a tractive effort of 36, 557, On the back of the photo was written -"Flying Crow" arriving Kansas City", SteamLocomotive.com explains that some of these engines had tuned air horns that emitted a crow's caw, which heralded the approach of the passenger varnish known as the "Flying Crow". On this service, they sported gold trim, lettering, and an emblem on the tender. The date is an approximation.
Photo Date:
6/1/1930
Upload Date:
5/5/2014 6:01:10 AM
Location:
Kansas City, MO
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Steam
Locomotives:
KCS 803(4-6-2)
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