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Owner: Milwaukee Road
Model:Alco 2-8-2Built As:CMSTP 8618 (2-8-2)
Serial Number:59758Order No:B-1493
Frame Number:27X32 cylinders, 63" driversBuilt:9/1918
Notes:Brooks 1918, Class L3, nee #8618, re# 327 in 1938, retired 12/54
Other locos with this serial:  MILW 327(2-8-2)
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MILW 2-8-2 #327
Title:  MILW 2-8-2 #327
Description:  Looks like Milwaukee Road 2-8-2 #327 was caught sitting in a storage line at the Bensenville yard. Built by Alco-Brooks in September of 1918 as USRA heavyweight Mikado CM&StP 8618, it was renumbered in 1938 to MILW 327. The loco was officially retired in December of 1954 fter nearly 36 years of dedicated service, . Specs - L3 class, 63" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 27x32" cylinders, engine wt of 320,000 lb and tractive effort of 62,949 lb. This is a Kruschke photo. No exact month or day in 1951 was listed on the photo so an approximate date was used.
Photo Date:  6/1/1951  Upload Date: 7/6/2024 5:25:20 AM
Location:  Bensenville, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  MILW 327(2-8-2)
Views:  55   Comments: 0
MILW 2-8-2 #327 - Milwaukee Road
Title:  MILW 2-8-2 #327 - Milwaukee Road
Description:  Before a diesel wore the number "327", this 1918-19 Alco built USRA "heavy" Mikado had it, although its original number was #8627. Specs - L3 class, 63" drivers, 27" x 32" cylinders, a 190 psi boiler pressure and 59,800 lb of tractive effort, engine weight of 325,000 lb. The class was scapped between 1938-56. Max Miller photo
Photo Date:  6/1/1952  Upload Date: 6/13/2015 5:20:14 PM
Location:  Des Moines, IA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  MILW 327(2-8-2)
Views:  587   Comments: 0
MILW 2-8-2 #327
Title:  MILW 2-8-2 #327
Description:  Nearing the end of it service, the USRA heavyweight Mikado sits in front of an new EMD unit that marks its doom. Built by Alco-Brooks in September of 1918 as CM&StP 8617, it was renubmered in 1938 to MILW 327. The loco was retired in December of 1954 fter nearly 36 years of dedicated service, . Specs - L3 class, 63" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 27x32" cylinders, engine wt of 320,000 lb and tractive effort of 62,949 lb. This is a Burns photo. No exact month and day was given for the photo so approximate date was used.
Photo Date:  6/1/1953  Upload Date: 7/6/2024 5:25:27 AM
Location:  Bensenville, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  MILW 327(2-8-2)
Views:  57   Comments: 0
MILW 2-8-2 #327
Title:  MILW 2-8-2 #327
Description:  Nice action shot of Milwauklee Road 2-8-2 #327 at the Marquette Yard coaling station being filled with coal by the fireman. Built by Alco-Brooks in September of 1918 as a USRA heavyweight Mikado CM&StP #8618, it was later renumbered in 1938 to MILW #327. The loco was retired in Octover of 1953 after nearly 35 years of dedicated service, . Specs - L3 class, 63" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 27x32" cylinders, engine wt of 320,000 lb and tractive effort of 62,949 lb. This is aC. Cook photo.
Photo Date:  11/11/1953  Upload Date: 7/6/2024 5:25:35 AM
Location:  Marquette, IA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  MILW 327(2-8-2)
Views:  47   Comments: 0


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