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#274

Valley Park, Missouri
· Chicago and Northwestern
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Number 274 is a 4-4-0 American type passenger locomotive built by Baldwin Locomotive Works. It features a rigid coupler with a slotted knuckle to mate with link-and-pin couplers and one of the earliest 6" air compressors with cam operated driver brakes. It was donated in 1951 by Purdue University.
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