Chicago Gravel Company steam locomotive #18 - Bensenville, IL
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member adgorn
N 41° 57.522 W 087° 56.880
16T E 421437 N 4645625
Black Chicago Gravel Company steam locomotive #18 (built by Alco in 1922)attached to Hiawatha passenger car (Mt. St Helens) and orange, bay window caboose.
Waymark Code: WM6G16
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 05/28/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Mark1962
Views: 7

?On display behind a fence in Veterans Park, just east of the intersection of Main Street and Church Road. Plaque indicates October 7, 1961.


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F.M. Whyte: 0-6-0
Gauge: 4'-8½"
ALCO Schenectady, 1922 CN 63274

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Locomotive Type: (required): Steam

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