Paddock 374: Maine Central Railroad steam locomotive # 284

Maine Central Railroad steam locomotive # 284, Class N

2-6-0

Cylinders 19X26 Drivers 6628; Wt. on Drs. 116,650; Truck 39,350 Tender 131,200.  6000 Water.  

Builder Alco Schenectedy Locomotive Works, date 1904 Construction No. 29,720.  

Penciled notes in three hands, filling in blanks from stamped data listing form in one hand, several other notes in another, plus one other in lavender (?).  

Postcard photographic image.  Freeman W. Smith, 853 Main Street, South Portland, Maine (stamped); might be either the photographer or collector. For information on Smith, see railroadheritage.org, item: http://www.railroadheritage.org/index.php?P=FullRecord&ResourceId=119  

Also showing an engineer in the window, with four men seated on the curb in office clothes and one boy standing with knickers and cap, Oakland, Maine.  

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Raiolroad collections, Paddock 374