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Owner: Reading Railroad
Model:BLW 4-6-2Built As:RDG 178 (4-6-2)
Serial Number:59256Order No:
Frame Number:25X28 cylinders, 80" driversBuilt:5/1926
Notes:BLW 05/1926, streamilined in 1936, reblt in 1947, ret. 10/1954G2-sa class
Other locos with this serial:  RDG 178(4-6-2)
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RDG 4-6-2 #178
Title:  RDG 4-6-2 #178
Description:  In an almost a dreamlike quality of a bygone action shot, this 1926 Baldwin Pacific is barreling along with a string of varnish in 1939. On the back the unknown photographer wrote "Train 628 "The Seven o"Klocker". Specifics - tall 80" drivers, 230 psi boiler pressure, 25"x28" cylinders, engine weight of 306,360 lb, tractive effort of 42,766 lb.
Photo Date:  12/1/1939  Upload Date: 5/27/2014 9:02:59 AM
Location:  Plainfield, NJ
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  RDG 178(4-6-2)
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