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| Title: |
ALCo-Brooks Memorial Train Display |
| Description: |
Fenced off in the fairgrounds is the commemorative train headed up by a Brooks built Boston & Maine 0-6-0 yard switcher #444. |
| Photo Date: |
9/16/2024 Upload Date: 11/11/2025 5:12:14 PM |
| Location: |
Dunkirk, NY |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Scenic,RollingStock |
| Locomotives: |
BM 444(0-4-0) |
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105 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BM 0-6-0 #444 - Boston & Maine |
| Description: |
Alco-Brooks built this 0-6-0 yard switcher in December of 1916 as Boston & Maine #444 (serial #56532, class G-11-b). In 1952, the loco was purchased from the Boston & Maine by Fletcher Granite for use at their West Chelmsford Massachusetts Quarry in June, 1952. In August, 1986, Fletcher Granite donated the locomotive the Chautauqua Fairgrounds in Dunkirk, New York where it has been ever since. Specs - 52" drivers, 185 psi boiler pressure, 20x26" cylinders, modest engine wt of 150,000 lb and modest tractive force of 32,200 lb. |
| Photo Date: |
9/16/2024 Upload Date: 11/11/2025 5:12:15 PM |
| Location: |
Dunkirk, NY |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Scenic,RollingStock |
| Locomotives: |
BM 444(0-4-0) |
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111 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BM 0-6-0 #444 - Boston & Maine |
| Description: |
Here's a close up of the "face" of this little 0-6-0 switcher on display at the Chautauqua County Fairgrounds. |
| Photo Date: |
9/16/2024 Upload Date: 11/11/2025 5:12:17 PM |
| Location: |
Dunkirk, NY |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Scenic,RollingStock |
| Locomotives: |
BM 444(0-4-0) |
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87 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BM 0-6-0 #444 - Boston & Maine |
| Description: |
Here is the ALCo-Brooks builder's plate for the Boston & Maine 0-6-0 #444 on display at the Chautauqua County Fairgrounds. |
| Photo Date: |
9/16/2024 Upload Date: 11/11/2025 5:12:20 PM |
| Location: |
Dunkirk, NY |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Scenic,RollingStock |
| Locomotives: |
BM 444(0-4-0) |
| Views: |
99 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BM 0-6-0 #444 - Boston & Maine |
| Description: |
Close up of the cab window in the Boston & Maine 0-6-0 yard switcher #444 on display. |
| Photo Date: |
9/16/2024 Upload Date: 11/11/2025 5:12:21 PM |
| Location: |
Dunkirk, NY |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Scenic,RollingStock |
| Locomotives: |
BM 444(0-4-0) |
| Views: |
90 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BM 0-6-0 #444 - Boston & Maine |
| Description: |
Rear view of the little yard switcher on display at the Chautauqua County Fairgrounds in Dunkirk, NY. |
| Photo Date: |
9/16/2024 Upload Date: 11/11/2025 5:12:23 PM |
| Location: |
Dunkirk, NY |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Scenic,RollingStock |
| Locomotives: |
BM 444(0-4-0) |
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110 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Memorial Plaque on Boston & Maine 0-6-0 #444 |
| Description: |
Touching dedication to the men and women who worked at the Brooks Locomotive Works and the American Locomotive Works companies from 1869 to 1963. |
| Photo Date: |
9/16/2024 Upload Date: 11/11/2025 5:12:24 PM |
| Location: |
Dunkirk, NY |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Scenic,RollingStock |
| Locomotives: |
BM 444(0-4-0) |
| Views: |
92 Comments: 0 |
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