Engine 1563
by Larry Keahey
Title
Engine 1563
Artist
Larry Keahey
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Photograph - Photography
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Here's some great information about Engine 1563 in Mossula, Montana.
The Northern Pacific Railroad came to Missoula in 1883, the primary event that changed a town of 300 to a city of 12,000 people by 1920. In 1901, traffic was growing and the railroad needed motive power. The 1356, one of fifty new engines from Baldwin Works, arrived in 1902 and was first assigned to the North Coast Limited between Missoula and Spokane. Her longest stretch of service was on the Coeur d'Alene Local between Missoula and Wallace, Idaho. She is said to be one of the rescue engines from Wallace in the 1910 fire. She put in over a million miles of service, working every branch line on the Rocky Mountain Division, until her last run on June 16, 1954. When the diesels came she was sent to Tacoma to go under the torch, but the NP gave her to the city of Missoula and brought her back home. On November 10, 1955, she was dedicated to the city with a brass band and speeches. For over fifty years now she's been at home in front of the old NP depot at the end of North Higgins Avenue
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November 23rd, 2011
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