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Owner: Milwaukee Road
Model:Alco 2-8-2Built As:CMSTP 8638 (2-8-2)
Serial Number:59778Order No:B-1493
Frame Number:27X32 cylinders, 63" driversBuilt:10/1918
Notes:Brooks 10/18, USRA Heavy Class L-3, blt as 8638, re# 344 in 1938, ret 06/53
Other locos with this serial:  MILW 344(2-8-2)
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MILW 2-8-2 #344
Title:  MILW 2-8-2 #344
Description:  This USRA heavyweight Mikado MILW #344 is still sitting in the scrap line at Bensenville, IL after being retired two years earlier. Originally built by Alco-Brooks in October of 1918 as CM&StP #8638, it was later renumbered in 1938 to MILw 344. The loco was officially retired in January of 1951 after nearly 33 years of service.. Specs - L3 class, 63" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 27x32" cylinders, engine wt of 320,000 lb and tractive effort of 62,949 lb. This is a Guhr photo.
Photo Date:  8/1/1953  Upload Date: 7/6/2024 5:27:47 AM
Location:  Bensenville, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  MILW 344(2-8-2)
Views:  39   Comments: 0
MILW 344 No Date
Title:  MILW 344 No Date
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/5/2005  Upload Date: 5/12/2005 4:36:52 PM
Location:  Milwaukee, WI
Author:  ? Edwin
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Locomotives:  MILW 344(2-8-2)
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