| This loco and its sisters spent almost more time being renumbered than running! Built by Baldwin in September of 1900 as Chciago, Milwaukee & St Paul Vauclain compound 4-6-0 ten wheeler #323, it didn't stay that way long - renumbered in 10/1906 to CMStP #1623, renumbered in 11/1912 to CMStP #4223, simplified & renumbered in 8/1916 to CMStP #2773, renumbered in 11/1920 to CMStP 2759 and finally renumbered in 6/1938 to CMStP&P #1122. After nearly 49 years of service to the Milwaukee Road, the loco was sold in September of 1949. Simplfied specs - 69" drivers, 180 psi boiler pressure, 22 1/2x26" cylinders, engine wt of 169,400 lb, tractive effort of 29,190 lb and superheated. No photographer was listed for the photo. |