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MILW 2-6-2 #930 - Milwaukee Road |
| Description: |
Good looking 2-6-2 Prairie style steam locomotive sits with pressure up in the Dubuque, IA, yard ready for another run. The loco was built by Alco-Brooks in 1908 and originally numbered 2061 but renumbered in 1912 to 5561, renumbered in 1938 to 930. Ralph H. Payne photo |
| Photo Date: |
12/1/1940 Upload Date: 6/8/2019 6:05:02 PM |
| Location: |
Dubuque, IA |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
MILW 930(2-6-2) |
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550 Comments: 1 |
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MILW 2-6-2 #960 - Milwaukee Road |
| Description: |
Milwaukee Road #960 is setting out cars at the local grain elevator in Montevideo, MN, on this date in 1948. The 2-6-2 Prairie style loco was built in 1909 by Alco-Brooks and originally carried the number 2136, renumbered in 1912 to 5636, and renumbered to 960 when the massive renumbering took place in 1938. Ernest Lehmann photo |
| Photo Date: |
4/5/1948 Upload Date: 6/8/2019 6:05:05 PM |
| Location: |
Montevideo, MN |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
MILW 960(2-6-2) |
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565 Comments: 2 |
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MILW 2-6-2 #921 - Milwaukee Road |
| Description: |
This 1908 Alco-Brooks built 2-6-2 Prairie style steam locomotive is still working the rails here in Green Bay, WI, in early 1950. Time is running out for the loco however as nearly all the class will be gone by 1955. Originally numbered 5522, it was renumbered in 1938. Donald Ross photo |
| Photo Date: |
3/9/1950 Upload Date: 6/8/2019 6:05:00 PM |
| Location: |
Green Bay, WI |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
MILW 921(2-6-2) |
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519 Comments: 0 |
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MILW 2-6-2 #915 - Milwaukee Road |
| Description: |
Originally built by the Milwaukee Shops as #2006, the 2-6-2 Prairie style loco was renumbered in 1912 to 5506, and renumbered 1938 to 915. Looks like the loco has reached the end of its days as it sits in the Bensenville, IL, yard waiting for the scrapper's torch. Specs - class K1, 63" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 21.5x28" cylinders, engine weight of 205,550 lb, tractive effort of 34,926 lb. Bruce Black photo |
| Photo Date: |
9/9/1950 Upload Date: 6/8/2019 6:04:57 PM |
| Location: |
Bensenville, IL |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
MILW 915(2-6-2) |
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402 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
MILW 2-6-2 #911 - Milwaukee Road |
| Description: |
Here is a typical winter railroad scene in Wisconsin, circa 1950, with the Alco-Brooks built 2-6-2 Prairie style lcoomotive #911 at the head of a manifest freight in Cedarburg, WI. Originally built in 1907 as #1941, it was renumbered to 5041 in 1912, and renumbered again to 911 in 1938. Specs - class K1, 63" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 21.5x28" cylinders, engine weight of 205,550 lb, tractive effort of 34,926 lb. No photographer was listed for the photo and the date is approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
12/1/1950 Upload Date: 6/8/2019 6:04:54 PM |
| Location: |
Cedarburg, WI |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
MILW 911(2-6-2) |
| Views: |
458 Comments: 1 |
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