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Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: January 21, 2015
Caption: Kelso: Why here? panel
Additional Description: Captions: (left) Built around 1923, this five-stall roundhouse was demolished in 1948 as diesel locomotives, requiring less maintenance, replaced steam. It was located across the tracks, beyond the last house.; (circle) A helper steam locomotive pushes a freight train up the 2.2% grade to the Cima Summit, 19 miles east of here.; (bottom right) Boiler-makers, mechanics, hostlers, and water tenders all worked at the roundhouse.
Submitted: January 31, 2015, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p299232
File Size: 3.250 Megabytes

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