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Owner: Chicago St Paul Minneapolis & Omaha
Model:Alco 4-4-0Built As:CMO 255 (4-4-0)
Serial Number:4934Order No:
Frame Number:19X24 cylinders, 73" driversBuilt:12/1898
Notes:Schenectady, 1898, class F-8, retired 05/1933
Other locos with this serial:  CMO 255(4-4-0)
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Wrecked CMO 4-4-0 -#255 - Chicago, St Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha
Title:  Wrecked CMO 4-4-0 -#255 - Chicago, St Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha
Description:  Lying on its side with one of the express baggage cars and surrounded by spectators is 1896 Schenectady built American-type locomotive #255. Date is approximate and no photographer listed.
Photo Date:  9/1/1904  Upload Date: 6/15/2014 7:54:09 AM
Location:  Unknown, MN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Steam,Wreck,Passenger
Locomotives:  CMO 255(4-4-0)
Views:  403   Comments: 1
Wrecked CMO 4-4-0 -#255 - Chicago, St Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha
Title:  Wrecked CMO 4-4-0 -#255 - Chicago, St Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha
Description:  Another view of wrecked #255 in the ditch alongside the tracks. Note the two gentlemen posing on top of the locomotive - must have been at least a day or two after the accident for it to be cool enough to do so. Date is approximate and no photographer listed.
Photo Date:  9/1/1904  Upload Date: 6/15/2014 7:54:26 AM
Location:  Unknown, MN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Steam,Wreck,Passenger
Locomotives:  CMO 255(4-4-0)
Views:  348   Comments: 1
Wrecked CMO 4-4-0 -#255 - Chicago, St Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha
Title:  Wrecked CMO 4-4-0 -#255 - Chicago, St Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha
Description:  A large number of spectators now pose on top of the overturned locomotive. Note the two figures even at the doors of the express baggage car.
Photo Date:  9/1/1904  Upload Date: 6/15/2014 7:54:36 AM
Location:  Unknown, MN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Steam,Wreck,Passenger
Locomotives:  CMO 255(4-4-0)
Views:  343   Comments: 2
Wrecked CMO 4-4-0 -#255 - Chicago, St Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha
Title:  Wrecked CMO 4-4-0 -#255 - Chicago, St Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha
Description:  Having been set back on the tracks and taken to a nearby location, two locomotive workers inspect the damage done to #255 with a lot of supervision by onlookers. Note the missing cab.
Photo Date:  9/1/1904  Upload Date: 6/15/2014 7:54:47 AM
Location:  Unknown, MN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Steam,Wreck,Passenger
Locomotives:  CMO 255(4-4-0)
Views:  360   Comments: 0
Wrecked CMO 4-4-0 -#255 - Chicago, St Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha
Title:  Wrecked CMO 4-4-0 -#255 - Chicago, St Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha
Description:  Even the ladies and children are there to see the accident site. Note the crane lifting the passenger car to the right. Date is approximate and no photographer was listed.
Photo Date:  9/1/1904  Upload Date: 6/15/2014 7:55:00 AM
Location:  Unknown, MN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Steam,Wreck,Passenger
Locomotives:  CMO 255(4-4-0)
Views:  385   Comments: 2


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