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Owner: Northwest Steel and Wire
Model:BLW 0-8-0Built As:GTW 8376 (0-8-0)
Serial Number:61007Order No:
Frame Number:22X28 cylinders, 51" driversBuilt:9/1929
Notes:Built 1929, nee-GTW 8376
Other locos with this serial:  GTW 8376(0-8-0) NSW 76(0-8-0)
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NSW 0-8-0 #76
Title:  NSW 0-8-0 #76
Description:  Built by Baldwin in 1929 for the Grand Truck Western as their 8376, the loco was retired in 1958 but purchased by Northwestern Steel and Wire to serve them until 1980. Although no relation to Illinois Central, it does look the part sitting next to the Amboy depot.
Photo Date:  5/25/2008  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 6:49:27 AM
Location:  Amboy, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Station,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  NSW 76(0-8-0)
Views:  477   Comments: 1
NSW 0-8-0 #76
Title:  NSW 0-8-0 #76
Description:  The face of a worker - first for the Grand Trunk Western (#8376), then for the Northwestern Steel and Wire (#76), and finally window dressing for the Amboy IC depot.
Photo Date:  5/25/2008  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 6:49:32 AM
Location:  Amboy, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Station,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  NSW 76(0-8-0)
Views:  341   Comments: 0
NSW 0-8-0 #76
Title:  NSW 0-8-0 #76
Description:  Another view of the 1929 Baldwin switcher originally built for the Grand Trunk Western and later served the Northwestern Steel and Wire Company. Now it is a static display next to the Illinois Central Amboy depot in an area that once contained a large yard for the IC Northern Division.
Photo Date:  5/25/2008  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 6:49:38 AM
Location:  Amboy, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Station,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  NSW 76(0-8-0)
Views:  507   Comments: 0


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