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Owner: Milwaukee Road
Model:BLW 2-8-2Built As:Builder Info (Unavailable )
Serial Number:57176Order No:
Frame Number: Built:
Notes:9/1923, nee-CMStP 8387, re# in 1938, scrapped 7/1953
Other locos with this serial:  MILW 487(2-8-2)
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MILW 2-8-2 #487 - Milwaukee Road
Title:  MILW 2-8-2 #487 - Milwaukee Road
Description:  Great roster shot of MILW 2-8-2 Mikado #487 as it gets ready for its next assignment. Baldwin, 9/1923, nee-CMStP 2-8-2 #8387 (serial #57176, L-sb class) > renumbered in June of 1938 to MILW 487. The loco served for 30 years before being scrapped in July of 1953. Specs - 63" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 26x30" cylinders, engine wt of 292,770 lb and tractive force of 54,723 lb. No photographer was listed for the photo which is now in my collection.
Photo Date:  7/2/1938  Upload Date: 9/29/2025 6:08:41 AM
Location:  Kansas City, MO
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  MILW 487(2-8-2)
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