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Frisco 1522 Visits Macomb

1522 Approaches Macomb from the east on its way home from Galesburg, IL's RailRoad Days, June . These first pictures were shot from the Bower Bearing Plant Parking lot, located on Bower Road, about 1/2 mile north of Route 67 / 136. This site is empty on Sundays but full of workers' vehicles during the week. Frisco01.jpg (26,287 bytes)
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1522 stopped on the siding at the west edge of Macomb while the crew did some work and waited on a freight.The day was well into evening for these last 3 pictures. Frisco05.jpg (40,845 bytes)
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  • Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia in May, 1926
  • 4-8-2 wheel arrangement, known as a Mountain
  • 56,800 pounds tractive effort