Treasures at the MOT - Feb. 2010
By Fred Blank
#2003 - Joplin-Pittsburg (Missouri-Kansas) 1936
Built at the Plymouth Locomotive Works of Plymouth, Ohio, number 2003 is a propane-electric unit used in short line freight service on the Joplin-Pittsburg Railroad and later on the Kansas City Public Service Freight Operation (as # 1). It weights 140,000 lbs., has a maximum speed of 35 mph and contains four 110 h.p. Westinghouse motors. Number 2003 was donated in 1964 by James G. Ashley, Sr. of Kansas City Public Service Freight Operation.
Did You Realize: The Museum of Transportation in West St. Louis County, Missouri, houses"…one of the largest and best collections of transportation vehicles in the world." according to the Smithsonian Institution.
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