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Owner: Reading Railroad
Model:BLW 2-8-2Built As:PR 1730 (2-8-2)
Serial Number:42823Order No:
Frame Number:24X32 cylinders, 61½" driversBuilt:1/1916
Notes:1/1916, class M1-sb, retired 12/1949
Other locos with this serial:  RDG 1730(2-8-2)
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RDG 2-8-2 #1730 - Reading Co
Title:  RDG 2-8-2 #1730 - Reading Co
Description:  Rugged Baldwin 2-8-2 Mikado delivered to Reading Co as #1730 in January of 1916 sits in the Tamaqua,PA, Arlington Yard. Specs - serial #42823, M1-sb class, 55" drivers, 215 psi boiler pressure, 24x32" cylinders, engine weight of 332,225 lb, tractive effort of 60,693 lb. All of the M1 classes were gone by1950. Bert Pennypacker photo
Photo Date:  6/28/1948  Upload Date: 3/2/2020 9:14:14 AM
Location:  Tamaqua, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  RDG 1730(2-8-2)
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