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Owner: Reading Railroad
Model:BLW 2-8-2Built As:PR 1712 (2-8-2)
Serial Number:42678Order No:
Frame Number:24X32 cylinders, 61½" driversBuilt:11/1915
Notes:1915, class M-1, retired 12/1949
Other locos with this serial:  RDG 1712(2-8-2)
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RDG 2-8-2 #1712
Title:  RDG 2-8-2 #1712
Description:  Orignially built as M-1 class with 61.5" drivers and 24"x32" cylinders, these Mikados nicknamed by the Reading shops as "Big Dutch Mikes" were rebuilt in 1924 & again in 1943 changing cylinder size and driving wheel diameters during the process and reclassified as an M-1sa class. All were scrapped by the late 1940's. C.W. Jernstrom photo
Photo Date:  10/17/1946  Upload Date: 5/26/2014 6:36:09 AM
Location:  Communipaw, NJ
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  RDG 1712(2-8-2)
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