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Owner: Milwaukee Road
Model:BLW 2-8-2Built As:Builder Info (Unavailable )
Serial Number:56990Order No:
Frame Number: Built:
Notes:8/1923, nee-CMStP 8373, re# in 1938, scrapped 12/1954
Other locos with this serial:  MILW 473(2-8-2)
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MILW 2-8-2 #473 - Milwaukee Road
Title:  MILW 2-8-2 #473 - Milwaukee Road
Description:  This is a nice older/original roster shot of Milwaukee Road 2-8-2 Mikado #473 as it sat in one of its namesake cities, Milwaukee. Baldwin, 8/1923, nee-Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul 2-8-2 #8373 (serial #56990, class L-2b) > renumbered in June of 1938 to MILW #473. It served for nearly 31 years before being scrapped in December of 1954. Specs - 63" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 26x30" cylinders, engine wt of 292,770 lb and tractive force of 54,723 lb. This is an Edwin Wilson photo and now part of my collection.
Photo Date:  5/6/1939  Upload Date: 9/28/2025 4:54:10 PM
Location:  Milwaukee, WI
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  MILW 473(2-8-2)
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