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Owner: Northwest Steel and Wire
Model:BLW 0-8-0Built As:GTW 8373 (0-8-0)
Serial Number:61004Order No:
Frame Number:22X28 cylinders, 51" driversBuilt:9/1929
Notes:blt 9/1929 as GTW 8373, donated to Sterling IL
Other locos with this serial:  GTW 8373(0-8-0) NSW 73(0-8-0)
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Northwest Steel & Wire #73
Title:  Northwest Steel & Wire #73
Description:  Built BLW in 1929. It's ex-GTW 8373 bought for scrap but used for switching scrap to the furnances.
Photo Date:  8/19/1964  Upload Date: 8/13/2007 8:44:52 AM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NSW 73(0-8-0)
Views:  757   Comments: 0
Northwest Steel & Wire #73
Title:  Northwest Steel & Wire #73
Description:  Built BLW in 1929. It's ex-GTW 8373 bought for scrap but used for switching scrap to the furnances.
Photo Date:  12/28/1964  Upload Date: 8/13/2007 8:44:53 AM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NSW 73(0-8-0)
Views:  752   Comments: 0
NSW 0-8-0 #73 - Northwest Steel & Wire Co
Title:  NSW 0-8-0 #73 - Northwest Steel & Wire Co
Description:  This former GTW #8373 has the distinct record as the last steam locomotive switcher used at the steel yard on December 3, 1980. Befittingly it was donated to the town of Sterling, IL and now sits outside the home of owner Paul W. Dillon. Photo by C.W. Burns.
Photo Date:  6/1/1967  Upload Date: 11/23/2015 9:40:57 AM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  NSW 73(0-8-0)
Views:  770   Comments: 0
NSW 0-8-0 #73 - Northwest Steel & Wire
Title:  NSW 0-8-0 #73 - Northwest Steel & Wire
Description:  Caught by an unknown photographer, NSW #73 sits in an abandoned spot while a sister unit powers up. Looks are deceiving. #73 has the distincton of being the last steam locomotive used at Northwest Steel & Wire in December of 1980 and one of the very last working industrial steam engines in the United States. #73 was then donated to the town of Sterling and placed in honor by the company owner's house.
Photo Date:  7/1/1979  Upload Date: 1/8/2017 4:42:00 AM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  NSW 73(0-8-0)
Views:  941   Comments: 3
NWSW 73
Title:  NWSW 73
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/22/2012  Upload Date: 9/27/2012 3:45:52 PM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  Zachary Walters
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NSW 73(0-8-0)
Views:  458   Comments: 0
GTW 8373
Title:  GTW 8373
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/6/2021  Upload Date: 12/26/2021 5:05:32 PM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  Nicholas Katz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Steam,Track
Locomotives:  GTW 8373(0-8-0) NSW 73(0-8-0)
Views:  74   Comments: 0
GTW 8373
Title:  GTW 8373
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/6/2021  Upload Date: 12/26/2021 5:10:02 PM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  Nicholas Katz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Steam,Track
Locomotives:  GTW 8373(0-8-0) NSW 73(0-8-0)
Views:  64   Comments: 0
GTW 8373
Title:  GTW 8373
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/6/2021  Upload Date: 12/26/2021 5:23:12 PM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  Nicholas Katz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Steam,Track
Locomotives:  GTW 8373(0-8-0) NSW 73(0-8-0)
Views:  55   Comments: 0
GTW 8373
Title:  GTW 8373
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/6/2021  Upload Date: 12/26/2021 5:25:31 PM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  Nicholas Katz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Steam,Track
Locomotives:  GTW 8373(0-8-0) NSW 73(0-8-0)
Views:  68   Comments: 0


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