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Owner: Western Pacific
Model:Alco 2-6-6-2Built As:WP 209 (2-6-6-2)
Serial Number:65488Order No:R-344
Frame Number:23½/37X32 cylinders, 57" driveBuilt:5/1924
Notes:Richmond 05/1924, class M-80, sfs 06/1951
Other locos with this serial:  WP 209(2-6-6-2)
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WP 2-6-6-2 #209 - Western Pacific
Title:  WP 2-6-6-2 #209 - Western Pacific
Description:  A fine photo of the 1924 Alco-Richmond built 2-6-6-2 for the Western Pacific from the Harold K. Vollrath collection. According to SteamLocomotive.com, the first 5 in the class built by Brooks in 1917 cost $52,861 each but by the time the last 5 were built by Richmond in 1924 the cost per loco had increased to $83,405. Inflation was a constant problem even back then! Specifics - M-80 class,57" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 23.5x32" high pressure cylinders, 37x32" low pressure cylinders, engine weight of 429,500 lb, tractive effort of 75,112 lb.
Photo Date:  7/1/1946  Upload Date: 3/4/2015 5:30:11 PM
Location:  Keddie, CA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  WP 209(2-6-6-2)
Views:  1275   Comments: 2


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