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MILW 2-8-2 #363 - Chicago, Milwaukee, St Paul & Pacific |
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Here is a solid built 1918 Alco 2-8-2 USRA "heavyweight" Mikado, originally numbered 8663, sitting by the massive coaling tower in the Bensenville, IL, yard. Specs - class L3, 63" drivers, 27 x 32" cylinders, 190 psi boiler pressure, engine weighed 325,000 pounds, 59,800 pounds of tractive effort. Edwin Wilson photo |
| Photo Date: |
5/8/1951 Upload Date: 6/24/2019 11:01:18 AM |
| Location: |
Bensenville, IL |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
MILW 363(2-8-2) |
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337 Comments: 0 |
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MILW 2-8-2 #363 - Milwaukee Road |
| Description: |
Sadly this photo shows the once mighty Milwaukee Road 2-8-2 heavy Mikado #363 sitting in the dead line at the Bensenville Yard. Built by Alco-Schenectady in March of 1919 as CM&StP #8660, it was renumbered in 1938 to MILW #363. The loco was officially retired in March of 1955. No photographer was listed for the photo. Specs - L3 Class, 63" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 27x32" cylinders, engine weight of 320,000 lb, tractive effort of 62,949 lb. |
| Photo Date: |
3/7/1954 Upload Date: 4/23/2023 5:22:28 AM |
| Location: |
Bensenville, IL |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
MILW 363(2-8-2) |
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68 Comments: 0 |
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