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Owner: Milwaukee Road
Model:BLW 2-8-2Built As:Builder Info (Unavailable )
Serial Number:53843Order No:
Frame Number: Built:
Notes:10/1920, class L-2a, nee-8223, re# in 6/1938 to 523, retired 2/1954
Other locos with this serial:  MILW 523(2-8-2)
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MILW 2-8-2 #523 - Milwaukee Road
Title:  MILW 2-8-2 #523 - Milwaukee Road
Description:  Here is another Baldwin built 2-8-2, MILW #523, that was caught sitting in the scrap line at the Bensenville yard. Originally built in October of 1920 as MILW 8223, it was renumbered #523 in June of 1938. The loco was retired in February of 1954 after almost 34 years of service. 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 for the photo.
Photo Date:  3/7/1954  Upload Date: 11/12/2023 9:56:16 AM
Location:  Bensenville, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  MILW 523(2-8-2)
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