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Owner: Fort Worth & Denver
Model:BLW 2-8-2Built As:FWDC 455 (2-8-2)
Serial Number:51725Order No:
Frame Number:27X32 cylinders, 63" driversBuilt:4/1919
Notes:1919, class E-4A2, sfs 05/55
Other locos with this serial:  FWD 455(2-8-2)
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FWD 2-8-2 #455 - Fort Worth & Denver Rwy
Title:  FWD 2-8-2 #455 - Fort Worth & Denver Rwy
Description:  Here is an example of the second class (E-4A2) of 2-8-2 Mikados ordered by the Fort Worth & Denver Rwy. Built by Baldwin in 1919, the five new locos were heavy Mikado style oil burners with better tractive effort than the first class of Mikados from 1915. Specs - 63" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 27x32" cylinders, engine weight of 319,500 lb, tractive effort of 62,949 lb. All of this class were scrapped between 1955-60 with #453 wrecked in 1948. Unknown photographer.
Photo Date:  3/1/1954  Upload Date: 2/10/2017 5:48:52 AM
Location:  Unknown, TX
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  FWD 455(2-8-2)
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