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Owner: Milwaukee Road
Model:Alco 2-8-2Built As:CMSTP 8639 (2-8-2)
Serial Number:59779Order No:B-14933
Frame Number:27X32 cylinders, 63" driversBuilt:10/1918
Notes:Brooks 1918, class L2, nee-8639, re# 309 in 1938, retired 01/51
Other locos with this serial:  MILW 309(2-8-2)
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MILW 2-8-2 #309 - Chicago, Milwaukee, St Paul & Pacific
Title:  MILW 2-8-2 #309 - Chicago, Milwaukee, St Paul & Pacific
Description:  Looks like this 1918 Alco built USRA 2-8-2 "heavy Mikado" #309 is now facing the end, what with the missing bell, headlight and the main rod as well as the windows boarded up. Originally it was #8609 but renumbered after 1938. Specs - class L3, 63" drivers, 27 x 32" cylinders, 190 psi boiler pressure, engine weighed 325,000 pounds, 59,800 pounds of tractive effort. Ray W. Buhrmaster photo
Photo Date:  6/21/1950  Upload Date: 6/24/2019 11:00:59 AM
Location:  Bensenville, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  MILW 309(2-8-2)
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