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Pictures of MILW 327
Owner:
Milwaukee Road
Model:
Alco 2-8-2
Built As:
CMSTP 8618 (2-8-2)
Serial Number:
59758
Order No:
B-1493
Frame Number:
27X32 cylinders, 63" drivers
Built:
9/1918
Notes:
Brooks 1918, Class L3, nee #8618, re# 327 in 1938, retired 12/54
Other locos with this serial:
MILW 327(2-8-2)
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Title:
MILW 2-8-2 #327
Description:
Looks like Milwaukee Road 2-8-2 #327 was caught sitting in a storage line at the Bensenville yard. Built by Alco-Brooks in September of 1918 as USRA heavyweight Mikado CM&StP 8618, it was renumbered in 1938 to MILW 327. The loco was officially retired in December of 1954 fter nearly 36 years of dedicated 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 Kruschke photo. No exact month or day in 1951 was listed on the photo so an approximate date was used.
Photo Date:
6/1/1951
Upload Date:
7/6/2024 5:25:20 AM
Location:
Bensenville, IL
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
MILW 327(2-8-2)
Views:
82
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Title:
MILW 2-8-2 #327 - Milwaukee Road
Description:
Before a diesel wore the number "327", this 1918-19 Alco built USRA "heavy" Mikado had it, although its original number was #8627. Specs - L3 class, 63" drivers, 27" x 32" cylinders, a 190 psi boiler pressure and 59,800 lb of tractive effort, engine weight of 325,000 lb. The class was scapped between 1938-56. Max Miller photo
Photo Date:
6/1/1952
Upload Date:
6/13/2015 5:20:14 PM
Location:
Des Moines, IA
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Steam
Locomotives:
MILW 327(2-8-2)
Views:
624
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0
Title:
MILW 2-8-2 #327
Description:
Nearing the end of it service, the USRA heavyweight Mikado sits in front of an new EMD unit that marks its doom. Built by Alco-Brooks in September of 1918 as CM&StP 8617, it was renubmered in 1938 to MILW 327. The loco was retired in December of 1954 fter nearly 36 years of dedicated 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 Burns photo. No exact month and day was given for the photo so approximate date was used.
Photo Date:
6/1/1953
Upload Date:
7/6/2024 5:25:27 AM
Location:
Bensenville, IL
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
MILW 327(2-8-2)
Views:
86
Comments:
0
Title:
MILW 2-8-2 #327
Description:
Nice action shot of Milwauklee Road 2-8-2 #327 at the Marquette Yard coaling station being filled with coal by the fireman. Built by Alco-Brooks in September of 1918 as a USRA heavyweight Mikado CM&StP #8618, it was later renumbered in 1938 to MILW #327. The loco was retired in Octover of 1953 after nearly 35 years of dedicated 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 aC. Cook photo.
Photo Date:
11/11/1953
Upload Date:
7/6/2024 5:25:35 AM
Location:
Marquette, IA
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
MILW 327(2-8-2)
Views:
66
Comments:
0
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