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Owner: Reading Railroad
Model:BLW 2-8-2Built As:PR 1727 (2-8-2)
Serial Number:42799Order No:
Frame Number:24X32 cylinders, 61½" driversBuilt:1/1916
Notes:1/1916, class M1-sb, retired 07/1949
Other locos with this serial:  RDG 1727(2-8-2)
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RDG 2-8-2 #1727 - Reading Co
Title:  RDG 2-8-2 #1727 - Reading Co
Description:  Beefy workhorse is this Baldwin 2-8-2 Mikado built in January of 1916 as RDG #1727. Specs - serial #42799, 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. No photographer listed for the photo.
Photo Date:  11/26/1948  Upload Date: 3/2/2020 9:14:09 AM
Location:  Communipaw, NJ
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  RDG 1727(2-8-2)
Views:  262   Comments: 1


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