Locomotive at Mass

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Title: Locomotive at Mass
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Subject Headings: Locomotion, Transportation - Railroads, Historic Sites - Historic Districts
Condition: Good
Description: [Locomotive at Mass, Michigan. The car that can be seen most prominently is numbered as 5925. A group of people can also be seen standing off of the side of a set of rail way tracks.]
Source of Description: [Cataloger]
Institution: Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Donor: Herman Page
Date of Photo: undated
Medium: still image
Color: black and white
Size: 14.5 cm x 8.9 cm
Polarity: Positive
Image No: MS082-05-001
Collection Name: MS082; Herman Page Collection
Terms of Use: Rights to reproduce and distribute this image may be restricted. Contact the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections for further information.
User Comments:
• Chicago, Milwaukee, St Paul & Pacific # 5925 was the first of ten diesel-electric motor cars built in 1928 by the Standard Steel Car Company. They were built on contract for Electro-Motive Corporation of Cleveland, soon to be absorbed by General Motors and re-named the Electro-Motive Division of GM.This car had a 275hp Winton Diesel powering a General Electric DC generator. There is a baggage compartment in the rear of the car.Many railroads bought cars like this to replace steam trains on branch lines due to the lower operating costs of the motorcars. They were generally only powerful enough to haul one or two cars behind the motorcar. This train at Mass appears to have only one coach.It is headed towards Channing from Ontonagon.
7/30/2014 9:04:47 PM by elshogger