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Owner: Great Northern
Model:BLW 4-8-2Built As:GN 2523 (4-8-2)
Serial Number:57343Order No:
Frame Number:29X28 cylinders, 73" driversBuilt:10/1923
Notes:Blt by BLW Class P-2, retired 04/58, donated 09/65
Other locos with this serial:  GN 2523(4-8-2)
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GN 2523
Title:  GN 2523
Description:  Great Northern 4-8-2 #2523 sits on display at the Kandiyohi County Historical Society in Willmar. The roof, trim and the body of this display have since been painted to add a bit of color to the steam engine
Photo Date:  7/25/1996  Upload Date: 7/30/2014 7:13:17 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Spencer Wagen
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  GN 2523(4-8-2)
Views:  553   Comments: 0
GN 2523
Title:  GN 2523
Description:  Great Northern 4-8-2 #2523 sits on display at the Kandiyohi County Historical Society in Willmar
Photo Date:  7/25/1996  Upload Date: 7/30/2014 7:14:01 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Spencer Wagen
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  GN 2523(4-8-2)
Views:  344   Comments: 0
GN 2523
Title:  GN 2523
Description:  GN 2523 sits on display at the Kandiyohi County Historical Society at Willmar
Photo Date:  7/10/2002  Upload Date: 8/13/2010 3:04:31 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Spencer Wagen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GN 2523(4-8-2)
Views:  772   Comments: 0
GN 2523
Title:  GN 2523
Description:  GN 2523 sits on display at the Kandiyohi County Historical Society at Willmar
Photo Date:  7/10/2002  Upload Date: 8/13/2010 3:05:07 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Spencer Wagen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GN 2523(4-8-2)
Views:  644   Comments: 0
GN 2523 in 1964
Title:  GN 2523 in 1964
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/30/2006  Upload Date: 6/3/2006 4:13:39 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  ?
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GN 2523(4-8-2)
Views:  898   Comments: 0
GN 2523 in 1964
Title:  GN 2523 in 1964
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/30/2006  Upload Date: 6/3/2006 4:13:25 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  ?
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GN 2523(4-8-2)
Views:  1365   Comments: 1
GN 2523 in 1964
Title:  GN 2523 in 1964
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/30/2006  Upload Date: 6/3/2006 4:13:08 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  ?
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GN 2523(4-8-2)
Views:  1589   Comments: 0
GN 2523 in 1964
Title:  GN 2523 in 1964
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/30/2006  Upload Date: 6/1/2006 10:05:13 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  ?
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GN 2523(4-8-2)
Views:  1259   Comments: 0
GN 2523 in 1964
Title:  GN 2523 in 1964
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/30/2006  Upload Date: 6/3/2006 4:13:59 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  ?
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GN 2523(4-8-2)
Views:  661   Comments: 0
GN 2523
Title:  GN 2523
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/24/2007  Upload Date: 5/24/2007 3:03:00 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Matt Petersen
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  GN 2523(4-8-2)
Views:  3417   Comments: 0
GN 2523
Title:  GN 2523
Description:  This Great Northern steam locomotive sits on displa in Willmar, MN.
Photo Date:  3/14/2008  Upload Date: 3/17/2008 3:39:57 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Kevin Farlow
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GN 2523(4-8-2)
Views:  799   Comments: 0
GN 2523 Gets Snowy, Despite a Garage
Title:  GN 2523 Gets Snowy, Despite a Garage
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/18/2009  Upload Date: 1/20/2009 9:58:40 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Robert Garton
Categories:  Roster,Winter,Steam
Locomotives:  GN 2523(4-8-2)
Views:  443   Comments: 0
GN 2523, Class P-2 4-8-2, Was Built by Baldwin in October, 1923; She Now Rests Where She has Since 1965
Title:  GN 2523, Class P-2 4-8-2, Was Built by Baldwin in October, 1923; She Now Rests Where She has Since 1965
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/18/2009  Upload Date: 1/20/2009 9:58:41 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Robert Garton
Categories:  Roster,Winter,Steam
Locomotives:  GN 2523(4-8-2)
Views:  618   Comments: 0
GN 2523
Title:  GN 2523
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/14/2009  Upload Date: 3/12/2009 9:57:12 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Mark Muraski
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GN 2523(4-8-2)
Views:  372   Comments: 0
GN 2523
Title:  GN 2523
Description:  On display to the North of the Willmar yard.
Photo Date:  10/18/2009  Upload Date: 2/14/2010 6:48:48 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Mark Muraski
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GN 2523(4-8-2)
Views:  381   Comments: 0
Great Northern Steamer preserved in Willmar MN in Aug 2011.
Title:  Great Northern Steamer preserved in Willmar MN in Aug 2011.
Description:  GN steamer.
Photo Date:  9/30/2011  Upload Date: 9/8/2011 2:47:59 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  GN 2523(4-8-2)
Views:  1263   Comments: 1
GN 2523 in this Chilly Day with ME
Title:  GN 2523 in this Chilly Day with ME
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/22/2012  Upload Date: 9/10/2013 10:39:10 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Andrew Goblirsch
Categories:  Track
Locomotives:  GN 2523(4-8-2)
Views:  261   Comments: 0
GN 2523 Tender
Title:  GN 2523 Tender
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/22/2012  Upload Date: 8/18/2023 11:14:10 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Andrew Goblirsch
Categories:  Track
Locomotives:  GN 2523(4-8-2)
Views:  50   Comments: 0
GN 2523 in the rain
Title:  GN 2523 in the rain
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/12/2013  Upload Date: 10/16/2013 11:45:05 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Andrew Goblirsch
Categories:  Track
Locomotives:  GN 2523(4-8-2)
Views:  393   Comments: 0
GN 2523, BNSF 486085 & Smoke of Steam of 261
Title:  GN 2523, BNSF 486085 & Smoke of Steam of 261
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/11/2015  Upload Date: 10/14/2015 9:55:18 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Andrew Goblirsch
Categories:  Track
Locomotives:  GN 2523(4-8-2)
Views:  244   Comments: 0
GN 2523 & 3 BNSF Engines behind
Title:  GN 2523 & 3 BNSF Engines behind
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/27/2017  Upload Date: 6/5/2017 10:08:26 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Andrew Goblirsch
Categories:  Track
Locomotives:  GN 2523(4-8-2) BNSF 7193(ES44C4) BNSF 5915(ES44AC) BNSF 7572(ES44DC)
Views:  278   Comments: 0
History Of The 2523
Title:  History Of The 2523
Description:  This display sign mounted on the 2523's tender tells her story to visitors of the Kandiyohi County Historical Museum.
Photo Date:  7/1/2018  Upload Date: 7/4/2018 6:34:53 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  GN 2523(4-8-2)
Views:  199   Comments: 0
Vanderbuilt Tender
Title:  Vanderbuilt Tender
Description:  A back end view of GN 2523's Vanderbuilt tender, one of the most distinctive steam engine tenders in the world.
Photo Date:  7/1/2018  Upload Date: 7/4/2018 6:34:14 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  GN 2523(4-8-2)
Views:  214   Comments: 0
Cool Cab
Title:  Cool Cab
Description:  G.N. 2523's cab. Ah for the days when visitors could readily visit the cabs of preserved steam engines. Those darn vandals had to spoil things for everybody.
Photo Date:  7/1/2018  Upload Date: 7/1/2018 10:05:27 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  GN 2523(4-8-2)
Views:  188   Comments: 0
Sound Advice
Title:  Sound Advice
Description:  Do not climb on the engine? Sound advice, man.
Photo Date:  7/1/2018  Upload Date: 7/4/2018 6:05:38 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  GN 2523(4-8-2)
Views:  195   Comments: 0
Stately Front
Title:  Stately Front
Description:  The front of G.N. 2523 is quite stately, as only the face of a steam engine can be.
Photo Date:  7/1/2018  Upload Date: 7/1/2018 10:04:58 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  GN 2523(4-8-2)
Views:  222   Comments: 0
Glorious Great Northern
Title:  Glorious Great Northern
Description:  The Kandiyohi County Museum is the home of G.N. Mountain 2523. You know, G.N. sure had a flair for painting steam engines.
Photo Date:  7/1/2018  Upload Date: 7/1/2018 9:54:14 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  GN 2523(4-8-2)
Views:  229   Comments: 0
At Last!
Title:  At Last!
Description:  I had not seen a preserved Great Northern steam engine before. Sure I've seen the William Crooks up in Duluth, but the Crooks was for a predecessor road. At last, I have finally seen and photographed a Great Northern steamer: Mountain 2523, on display in Willmar for over fifty years.
Photo Date:  7/1/2018  Upload Date: 7/1/2018 9:53:47 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  GN 2523(4-8-2)
Views:  411   Comments: 0
Hallowed Logo
Title:  Hallowed Logo
Description:  Need I say more, fellow railfans?
Photo Date:  7/1/2018  Upload Date: 7/1/2018 10:06:54 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  GN 2523(4-8-2)
Views:  202   Comments: 0
Where Did That Come From?
Title:  Where Did That Come From?
Description:  A water spout is on display next to 2523's tender. I wonder where the spout came from?
Photo Date:  7/1/2018  Upload Date: 7/4/2018 6:06:19 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  GN 2523(4-8-2)
Views:  177   Comments: 0
Andy In The Engineer's Seat
Title:  Andy In The Engineer's Seat
Description:  My buddy Andy poses in the engineer's seat aboard GN 2523 thanks to the engine being open the day we visited.
Photo Date:  6/12/2022  Upload Date: 6/17/2022 10:22:35 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  GN 2523(4-8-2)
Views:  109   Comments: 0
Imposing Front
Title:  Imposing Front
Description:  The front of GN 2526 sure is imposing.
Photo Date:  6/12/2022  Upload Date: 6/17/2022 10:17:55 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  GN 2523(4-8-2)
Views:  106   Comments: 0
Engine Number And Markings
Title:  Engine Number And Markings
Description:  Detail shot of the engine number and other markings below the right side of GN 2523's cab.
Photo Date:  6/12/2022  Upload Date: 6/17/2022 10:20:01 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  GN 2523(4-8-2)
Views:  97   Comments: 0
Christmas In June
Title:  Christmas In June
Description:  Great Northern 2523 still sports her Christmas lights on a warm and sunny June afternoon.
Photo Date:  6/12/2022  Upload Date: 6/17/2022 10:18:33 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  GN 2523(4-8-2)
Views:  122   Comments: 0
Classic Logo
Title:  Classic Logo
Description:  The Great Northern logo on the right side of GN 2523's tender.
Photo Date:  6/12/2022  Upload Date: 6/17/2022 10:20:18 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  GN 2523(4-8-2)
Views:  88   Comments: 0
How She Got Here
Title:  How She Got Here
Description:  This interpretive sign on the right side of GN 2523's tenders relates how she got from the Willmar roundhouse to her current display site.
Photo Date:  6/12/2022  Upload Date: 6/17/2022 10:21:35 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GN 2523(4-8-2)
Views:  126   Comments: 0
Tony In The Engineer's Seat
Title:  Tony In The Engineer's Seat
Description:  GN 2523's cab was open depsite the Kandiyohi County Museum being closed, which offered me and my friend Andy chances to photograph each other in the cab. Here I am in the hallowed engineer's seat, playing out a childhood daydream of growing up to be an engineer.
Photo Date:  6/12/2022  Upload Date: 6/17/2022 10:22:20 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  GN 2523(4-8-2)
Views:  108   Comments: 0
Great Northern 2523
Title:  Great Northern 2523
Description:  On display at the Kandiyohi County Historical Society.
Photo Date:  7/19/2023  Upload Date: 7/19/2023 10:35:55 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  GN 2523(4-8-2)
Views:  60   Comments: 0
Great Northern 2523
Title:  Great Northern 2523
Description:  On display at the Kandiyohi County Historical Society.
Photo Date:  7/19/2023  Upload Date: 7/19/2023 11:06:57 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  GN 2523(4-8-2)
Views:  61   Comments: 0
Great Northern 2523
Title:  Great Northern 2523
Description:  On display at the Kandiyohi County Historical Society.
Photo Date:  7/19/2023  Upload Date: 7/19/2023 10:34:55 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  GN 2523(4-8-2)
Views:  72   Comments: 0
Great Northern 2523
Title:  Great Northern 2523
Description:  On display at the Kandiyohi County Historical Society.
Photo Date:  7/19/2023  Upload Date: 7/19/2023 10:36:58 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  InCab,Steam
Locomotives:  GN 2523(4-8-2)
Views:  65   Comments: 0
Great Northern 2523
Title:  Great Northern 2523
Description:  On display at the Kandiyohi County Historical Society.
Photo Date:  7/19/2023  Upload Date: 7/19/2023 10:37:50 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  GN 2523(4-8-2)
Views:  80   Comments: 0
Great Northern 2523
Title:  Great Northern 2523
Description:  On display at the Kandiyohi County Historical Society.
Photo Date:  7/19/2023  Upload Date: 7/19/2023 10:39:05 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  GN 2523(4-8-2)
Views:  63   Comments: 0
Great Northern 2523
Title:  Great Northern 2523
Description:  On display at the Kandiyohi County Historical Society.
Photo Date:  7/19/2023  Upload Date: 7/19/2023 11:05:42 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  GN 2523(4-8-2)
Views:  57   Comments: 0
Great Northern 2523
Title:  Great Northern 2523
Description:  On display at the Kandiyohi County Historical Society.
Photo Date:  7/19/2023  Upload Date: 7/19/2023 11:08:19 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  GN 2523(4-8-2)
Views:  76   Comments: 0

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