Title: |
MILW 2-8-2 #640 - Milwaukee Road |
Description: |
This loco is definitely sitting in the scrap line as it was retired several months earlier in July of 1954. Built by Alco-Brooks in October of 1912 as CM&StP #8101 (serial #52174), it was renumbered in 1938 to CMStP&P 640. The loco served until the July, 1954 retirement. Specs - class L2-r3" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 26x30" cylinders, engine weight of 277,800 lb, tractive effort of 54,723 lb. An unknown photographer took this photo. |
Photo Date: |
10/17/1954 Upload Date: 1/16/2023 5:37:27 PM |
Location: |
Sterling, IL |
Author: |
Gary Everhart |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Steam |
Locomotives: |
MILW 640(2-8-2) |
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