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Owner: Milwaukee Road
Model:BLW 2-8-2Built As:Builder Info (Unavailable )
Serial Number:54357Order No:
Frame Number: Built:
Notes:1/1921, L-2a class, nee-8296, re# 6/1938 to MILW 596, retired 4/1954
Other locos with this serial:  MILW 596(2-8-2)
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MILW 2-8-2 #596 - Milwaukee Road
Title:  MILW 2-8-2 #596 - Milwaukee Road
Description:  Having just been declared retired in the month of April in 1954, this 2-8-2 Mikado type steam locomotive still looks like would like to keep working. Built by Baldwin in January of 1921 as MILW #8296, it was later renumbered in June of 1938 to MILW 596. After nearly 33 years of service, the loco was moved from the active to the scrap side of the roster in April of 1954. Sad moment in a proud service record. .Specs - 63" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 26x30" cylinders, engine wt of 287,600 lb, tractive effort of 54,723 lb. No photographer was listed for the photo.
Photo Date:  4/11/1954  Upload Date: 11/12/2023 9:57:14 AM
Location:  Bensenville, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  MILW 596(2-8-2)
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