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Owner: Reading Railroad
Model:BLW 2-8-2Built As:PR 1736 (2-8-2)
Serial Number:42939Order No:
Frame Number:24X32 cylinders, 55½" driversBuilt:2/1916
Notes:2/1916, M1-2b class, retired 04/1950
Other locos with this serial:  RDG 1736(2-8-2)
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RDG 2-8-2 #1736 - Reading Co
Title:  RDG 2-8-2 #1736 - Reading Co
Description:  Sitting in an unidentified yard with a head of steam built up is this Baldwin 2-8-2 Mikado, RDG #1736. It was delivered to the Reading in February of 1916. Specs - serial #42939, M1-sb class, 55" drivers, 215 psi boiler pressure, 24x32" cylinders, engine weight of 332,225 lb, tractive effort of 60,693 lb. All of the M1 classes were gone by1950. No actual location, date or photographer was listed for the photo.
Photo Date:  6/1/1948  Upload Date: 3/2/2020 9:14:20 AM
Location:  Unknown, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  RDG 1736(2-8-2)
Views:  342   Comments: 0


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