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1981.7265.7
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New electric locomotive near Cascade Tunnel, May 7, 1927
Order an ImageIn 1909, the Great Northern Railway Company began using electric engines to pull trains and their steam locomotives through the Cascade Tunnel in Washington's Cascade Mountains. Smoke from the coal-fired steam engines had nearly killed 100 people in the tunnel in 1903. On the steep downhill runs, the electric engines actually generated power which went back into the system.
This May 1927 photo shows a new Great Northern electric engine, here called a motor, near the Cascade Tunnel at Stevens Pass, Washington. The extensions on top of the locomotive, called pantographs, connect it with the electric lines running above.
Original title: New G.N. motor at Cascade Tunnel
Pickett no. 3498
This May 1927 photo shows a new Great Northern electric engine, here called a motor, near the Cascade Tunnel at Stevens Pass, Washington. The extensions on top of the locomotive, called pantographs, connect it with the electric lines running above.
Original title: New G.N. motor at Cascade Tunnel
Pickett no. 3498
ID Number: 1981.7265.7
Date: 1927
Creator(s):
Pickett Photo Co., Photographer
Physical Description: 1 photographic print : gelatin, b&w ; 19 x 25 cm.
Credit: MOHAI, 1981.7265.7
Copyright: No Known Copyright
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