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Strasburg 90 Decapod Pack (OUTDATED)

Hello Hello! Welcome back to another upload from The Huber Show! I am your HOOOST Mark Huber And today we are going to discuss the Strasburg 90, now this engine is amazing with a great history at the Strasburg railway, Let's get into the history in a moment, but first, lets learn how to use the model!


-----===HOW TO USE MOD===-----

When you first spawn it in, you'll see that It has a centered headlight. "But Mark, that's not how 90 looks!" Hold on, let me finish. You need to put your courser on the Locomotive, and then press L + 5 on your keyboard, that should remove the headlight. After you have done that, You must press SHIFT + 9 on your keyboard. It should add the Headlight ontop of the boiler. "Mark! Where's the Numberplate!" LET ME FINISH! After doing so, you will need to press SHIFT + 6 on your keyboard. And there you have it! A Prototypical 90! Hope you have fun with it! Now let's get into some history!

===HISTORY===

Great Western 90 is a 2-10-0 "Decapod" type steam locomotive owned and operated by the Strasburg Rail Road (SRC) outside of Strasburg, Pennsylvania. Built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in June 1924, No. 90 originally pulled sugar beet trains for the Great Western Railway of Colorado.[1][2] In April 1967, No. 90 was sold to the Strasburg Rail Road where it now resides and operates today for use in pulling excursion trains.[2]

===REVENUE SERVICE===

The No. 90 locomotive was built in June 1924 for the Great Western Railway of Colorado (GW) by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as part of Baldwin's 12-42-F class.[4][5] No. 90 was designed with 24-by-28-inch (610 mm × 711 mm) cylinders, 56-inch (1,422 mm) diameter driving wheels, and a boiler pressure of 200 psi (1,379 kPa), and it became the first locomotive on the GW's roster to be superheated.[5] It originally pulled the GW's sugar beet trains of about 40 to 50 cars in length to the company's towering mill in Loveland, Colorado. It was the GW's largest and most powerful road locomotive, and it saw extensive use on trains too large for the company's fleet of 2-8-0s.[2] During World War II, the GW modified all their locomotives, including No. 90, with extended smokeboxes, since they all used lignite coal as a fuel source during that time.[5]

Following the war, the locomotive was used primarily in the Autumn during the harvest season.[2] By the late 1950s, the No. 90 locomotive had been relegated to pull occasional campaign and excursion trains.[6] In 1963, No. 90 pulled some excursions during that year's National Railway Historical Society (NRHS) Convention, which was being held in Denver at the time.[7][8] The locomotive stopped in Longmont, Colorado, for a brief photo session alongside CB&Q 4-8-4 No. 5632.[7] On one such excursion, the Strasburg Rail Road's (SRC) Chief Mechanical Officer, Huber Leath, met with the GW's superintendent, a man who grew up in the vicinity of the Strasburg Rail Road.[2] A deal was subsequently made in which the Great Western would contact the Strasburg Rail Road as soon as the locomotive was removed from service and available for purchase.[2]

===EXCURSION SERVICE===

The Strasburg Rail Road purchased No. 90 from the GW on April 5, 1967, at a price of $23,000 (equal to $201,858 today), and the locomotive arrived on SRC's property one month later, on May 5.[1][2][6] Upon arrival, No. 90 would make its first run for the railroad on May 13.[9]

In the winter of 1968, Ross Rowland's High Iron Company planned to operate a series of mainline steam excursions between Jersey City, New Jersey and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on the Central Railroad of New Jersey. Rowland had originally planned to lease two ex-Canadian Pacific G5-class 4-6-2s, No. 1238 and No. 1286, both owned by George M. Hart. However, those two locomotives were on emergency leases to the city of Reading, Pennsylvania to provide steam for the city after the boiler at the Reading Steam Heat and Power Co. became disabled.[10] Since tickets for the excursion had already been sold, and Rowland was unwilling to pull the trip with a diesel, he leased Steamtown's ex Canadian Pacific 127 (formerly 1278), a sister to the two locomotives he intended to use to pull the train. However, the No. 127 did not have enough power to pull the train over the grades on the CNJ near Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania on her own and Rowland leased the 90 to act as a helper engine for the trips, double-heading with the 127 between Bethlehem and Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. After the trips concluded, 90 was returned to Strasburg.

In October 2020, No. 90 was temporarily backdated to its late 1960s appearance with the original SRC "egg" logo, whitewall wheels, and gold pinstripings for the Steam Strikes Back photo charter, commemorating SRC's 60th anniversary.[11]

===ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS===

On May 6, 1940, a major fire broke out at the GW's roundhouse in Loveland, with three steam locomotives still inside.[12] No. 90 happened to be under steam at the time, and quick-thinking crews used No. 90 to pull all the other locomotives out of the burning building.[12] The roundhouse fire cost the GW nearly $200,000 in damage, and the locomotives, including No. 90, sustained damage, but they were subsequently repaired.[12]

On November 7, 1944, No. 90 was broadsided by a truck at a grade crossing east of Loveland and knocked onto its fireman's side, with the truck being damaged beyond repair.[6] Both the fireman and the truck driver were killed in the accident, which was deemed the worst rail disaster in GW's history.[2][6] The GW sent 90 to the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's (CB&Q) shops in Denver, where repairs on the locomotive took several months to complete.[2][6]

In 1956, No. 90 was hit by another truck, twisting and damaging the locomotive's side gear.[6] The truck driver was killed, while No. 90's engineer and fireman were severely injured.[6] The locomotive subsequently had to undergo repairs again.[6]

===CREDITS AND OUTRO===

Thank you SO much to CygnusOX for the Amazing USRA Pack.

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