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Loco motive shipped to Westinghouse for testing
A Baliwin Locomotive Works electric locomotive, built for steam railroads, shipped to Westinghouse Electric Works Allegheny. The boxcar sized engine weighs sixty tons and is geared for 800 horsepower with potential to 1600, capable of forty to eighty miles per hour. It operates from trolley wire and represents a test of steam locomotive design.
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Baliwin Locomotive Works
Ely
Westinghouse Electric Works
Allegheny
Paresenger
Sindertrouth
Silane