RDG 2-8-2 #1727 - Reading Co         
Beefy workhorse is this Baldwin 2-8-2 Mikado built in January of 1916 as RDG #1727. Specs - serial #42799, M1-sb class, 55" drivers, 215 psi boiler pressure, 24x32" cylinders, engine weight of 332,225 lb, tractive effort of 60,693 lb. All of the M1 classes were gone by1950. No photographer listed for the photo.
Date: 11/26/1948 Location: Communipaw, NJ Views: 260 Collection Of:   Gary Everhart
Locomotives: RDG 1727(2-8-2)    Author:  Gary Everhart
RDG 2-8-2 #1727 - Reading Co
Picture Categories: Roster,Steam This picture is part of album:  RDG STEAM ABLUM
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Jim Ford General Nice. Sand pipes only on the engineer's side? 3/2/2020 11:54:02 AM

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