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By:Gary Everhart
Dates:5/7/1947 - 6/9/1949
Album Info:Three nice b&w photos taken by J.R.Quinn of Pennsylvania RR 2-8-2 Mikados #860, 1348 & 1444.
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PRR 2-8-2 #1348
Title:  PRR 2-8-2 #1348
Description:  Built by Baldwin in 1916 as PRR 2-8-2 Mikado #1348, this was just one of 574 Mikados that the Pennsy owned at one time - the largest fleet of any railroad. Only one survives - #520 at the RR Museum of Pennsylvania. Specs - L1 class, 62" drivers, 205 spi boiler pressure, 27x30" cylindeers, engine weight of 315,000 lb, tractive effort of 61,465 lb. J.R. Quinn photo
Photo Date:  5/10/1947  Upload Date: 6/22/2020 3:56:41 PM
Location:  York, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 1348(2-8-2)
Views:  161   Comments: 0
PRR 2-8-2 #860
Title:  PRR 2-8-2 #860
Description:  Fine example of a 2-8-2 Mikado built by the PRR Juniata Shops. This one, #860, was built in July of 1915 with serial #2954 and a class L1 member. Of the 574 Mikados that the Pennsy once had on its roster, only one survives today. It's #520 at the RR Museum of Pennsylvania. Specs - serial #2954, L1 class, 62" drivers, 205 spi boiler pressure, 27x30" cylindeers, engine weight of 315,000 lb, tractive effort of 61,465 lb. This loco was scrapped in February of 1955. J.R. Quinn photo
Photo Date:  4/4/1948  Upload Date: 6/22/2020 3:56:49 PM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 860(2-8-2)
Views:  145   Comments: 0
PRR 2-8-2 #1444
Title:  PRR 2-8-2 #1444
Description:  The Class L1 "Mikados" were built in the Juniata Shops in Altoona, PA and by the Baldwin Locomotive Works and the Lima Locomotive Works. The Juniata shops built 344, Baldwin built 205 and Lima built 25. Only PRR #520 survives at the RR Museum of Pennsylvania. Specs - L1 class, 62" drivers, 205 spi boiler pressure, 27x30" cylindeers, engine weight of 315,000 lb, tractive effort of 61,465 lb. J.R. Quinn photo
Photo Date:  6/9/1949  Upload Date: 6/22/2020 3:56:46 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 1444(2-8-2)
Views:  151   Comments: 0


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