Wabash No. 569

Wabash No. 569 was a Class F-4 2-6-0 "Mogul" type steam locomotive built in 1899 by the Rhode Island Locomotive Works, which would later merge with seven other manufacturers to form the American Locomotive Company (ALCO), for the Wabash Railroad where it worked hauling freight trains.
No. 569 was used on the Keokuk Branch, stabled in the Bluffs, Illinois, roundhouse along with its sibling engines No. 573, No. 576, and No. 587 among others. The Wabash line to Keokuk was notable for being the last portion of the Wabash to operate steam locomotives, because the railroad's diesel locomotives exceeded weight restrictions over the Meredosia bridge. Eventually by 1955, the bridge was strengthened which would allow the Wabash diesels to finally cross over them.
The Wabash Moguls were all retired early in 1955 and all but one of them were scrapped. No. 569 was among one of the scrapped engines but its's sibling, No. 573, was spared and is currently preserved at the National Museum of Transportation in Kirkwood, Missouri.
Category:Scrapped steam locomotives
Category:Scrapped locomotives
Category:Locomotives
Category:Freight locomotives
Category:Built in 1899
Category:Six-coupled locomotives
Category:Wabash locomotives
Category:2-6-0 locomotives
Category:2-6-0 steam locomotives
Category:American locomotives
Category:American steam locomotives
Category:Tender locomotives
Category:Steam locomotives
Category:Standard gauge locomotives of the United States
Category:Standard gauge locomotives
Category:Rhode Island Locomotive Works
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