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the jupiter and the 119

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bigboy4024
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the jupiter and the 119
Posted by bigboy4024 on Monday, February 19, 2007 9:18 PM
was one of the locomotives that origanally participated at the origanal golden spike ceramony a rogers? and what was the other? thanks big boy
have safe and happy steam season
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blhanel
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Posted by blhanel on Monday, February 19, 2007 9:40 PM

Found some info on it here- yep, #119 was a Rogers.  The Jupiter was built by Schenectady Locomotive Works.

http://www.nps.gov/gosp/historyculture/upload/jupiter%202.pdf

 

Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net.

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Railfan1
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Posted by Railfan1 on Tuesday, February 20, 2007 6:33 AM
Great article
"It's a great day to be alive" "Of all the words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, It might have been......"
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