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This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company's steam locomotive 3000 with a Jacobs-Shupert non-explosive fire box. The locomotive was built in the Topeka, Kansas, shops in 1911 and was the largest steam engine in the world, 121 feet and 6 inches long.
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: Between 1911 and 1915
Item Number: 285
Call Number: He.10 ATSF.LOC STE.3000 *2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 285
Built Environment - Function - Transportation - Rail-Related
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Business and Industry - Railroad - Employees - Train crews
Business and Industry - Railroad - Locomotives - Steam
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1910s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Transportation - Railroads - Employees - Train crews
Transportation - Railroads - Locomotives - Steam
Type of Material - Photographs
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