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Owner: Milwaukee Road
Model:BLW 2-8-2Built As:Builder Info (Unavailable )
Serial Number:53756Order No:
Frame Number: Built:
Notes:9/1920, L-2a class, nee-8215, rnmbrd 515, retired 10/1953
Other locos with this serial:  MILW 515(2-8-2)
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MILW 2-8-2 #515 - Milwaukee Road
Title:  MILW 2-8-2 #515 - Milwaukee Road
Description:  After 33 years of dedicated service, MILW 2-8-2 Mikado #515 now sits in the scrap line at the Bensenville yard. Built by Baldwin in September of 1920 as MILW #8215, it was renumbered #515 in June of 1938. The loco was retired in October of 1953 to await the scrapper's torch. Specs - 63" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 26x30" cylinders, engine wt of 287,600 lb, tractive effort of 54,723 lb. No photographer was listed.
Photo Date:  11/1/1953  Upload Date: 11/12/2023 9:56:00 AM
Location:  Bensenville, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  MILW 515(2-8-2)
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