MILW 2-8-2 #640 - Milwaukee Road         
This loco is definitely sitting in the scrap line as it was retired several months earlier in July of 1954. Built by Alco-Brooks in October of 1912 as CM&StP #8101 (serial #52174), it was renumbered in 1938 to CMStP&P 640. The loco served until the July, 1954 retirement. Specs - class L2-r3" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 26x30" cylinders, engine weight of 277,800 lb, tractive effort of 54,723 lb. An unknown photographer took this photo.
Date: 10/17/1954 Location: Sterling, IL   Map Show Sterling on a rail map Views: 93 Collection Of:   Gary Everhart
Locomotives: MILW 640(2-8-2)    Author:  Gary Everhart
MILW 2-8-2 #640 - Milwaukee Road
Picture Categories: Roster,Yard,Steam This picture is part of album:  MILW 2-8-2's - Part 3
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