Per Corbin's "Steam Locos..." #303 was 1 of several G class 0-6-0's reblt as
shop swtrs (300-314 series). 303 was blt in Aurora in 1903 as #1648,
renumbered to #1443 in the system renumbering that year & became 303 in
March of "31. Pics of a number of these (but not 303) are in Corbin and
some survived into 1950's. #303 was assigned to the Chicago Div in "35 & on
the Hannibal Div in "52. I have a snapshot of it taken @ Bushnell, IL in
1935, apparently stored in yard. Gerald
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