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Engine No. 812
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Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railway engine no. 812, class G5, built by Schenectady Locomotive Works in December of 1890. There is a device on the right side of the headlight that opens and closes the curtain on the front of the headlight, which was used when meeting other trains. There is a long pilot bar on the pilot. This was the first engine to be equipped with an air sanding device for sanding the rails in freight service. The men standing in the foreground are (left) fireman William H. Fetherston and (right) engineer Nicholas Kaiser.
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