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Owner: Milwaukee Road
Model:BLW 4-8-4Built As:MILW 237 (4-8-4)
Serial Number:62350Order No:
Frame Number:26X32 cylinders, 74" driversBuilt:5/1940
Notes:1940, S-2 class, scrapped 12/54
Other locos with this serial:  MILW 237(4-8-4)
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MILW 4-8-4 #237 - Chicago, Milwaukee & Pacific RR
Title:  MILW 4-8-4 #237 - Chicago, Milwaukee & Pacific RR
Description:  Nice photo of the Baldwin built 4-8-4 Northern type steam locomotive delivered to the Milwaukee Road in May of 1940. Original Specs -serial #62350, S2 class, S2 class, 74" drivers, impressive 285 psi boiler pressure, 26x32" cylinders, engine weight of 490,450 lb, tractive effort of 70,816 lb. The entire class was retired between 1953-56. No date or location was given for the photo so approximations were used. Unknown photographer
Photo Date:  6/1/1945  Upload Date: 11/6/2019 11:32:25 AM
Location:  Unknown, WI
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  MILW 237(4-8-4)
Views:  292   Comments: 1
MILW 4_8_4 #237 - Milwaukee Road
Title:  MILW 4_8_4 #237 - Milwaukee Road
Description:  Beautiful 1940 Baldwin 4-8-4 getting ready to doublehead with another locomotive near Bensenville, IL. According to SteamLocomotives.com "Engines 203 and 231-240 used 105.5 sq ft (9.8 sq m) of circulators to supplement firebox heating surface instead of the 147 sq ft (13.65 sq m) of thermic syphons installed in the rest. These forty S-2s operated mostly as freight haulers from Bensenville to Council Bluffs, Iowa or St. Paul, Minn. Occasionally they'd hook up to the westbound Olympian if it trailed more than twelve cars." Specifics - 74" drivers, 285 psi boiler pressure, 26x32" cylinders, engine weight of 490,450 lb, tractive effort of 70,816 lb, retired between 1953-1956. Arthur B. Johnson photo
Photo Date:  11/1/1952  Upload Date: 3/25/2015 8:41:53 AM
Location:  Bensenville, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 237(4-8-4)
Views:  748   Comments: 0


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