The Milwaukee Road: 100 Years of Locomotive Progress, page 8

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No. 5026

Built in 1912 by the American Locomotive Company. This is a 2-6-6-2 Mallet compound locomotive and was designed to haul through freight trains over the mountains before the mountain divisions of The Milwaukee Road were electrified. Locomotives of this type have since been modernized for present day freight service and are now numbered in the series 50 to 66 inclusive.


Weight on Drivers		327,500 Lbs.
Total Weight Locomotive and Tender		562,000 Lbs.
Steam Pressure		200 Lbs
Driving Wheel Diameter		57 inches
Cylinder Size:
High pressure	23-1/2 in. x 30 in.
Low pressure	37 in. x 30 in.
Tractive Effort		70,396 Lbs.
Heating Surface	5240 square feet
Fuel		Coal
Length Overall		88 ft. 7 in

No. 360		Class L3

Built in 1919 by American Locomotive Company. Originally numbered 8657. Renumbered as shown in photograph in 1938.

Cylinder Size		27 in. x 32 in.
Driving Wheel Diameter		63 inches
Boiler Pressure		200 Lbs
Heating Surface	4311 square feet
Tender Water Capacity		10,000 gallons
Tender Coal Capacity		16 tons
Total Weight Locomotive and Tender		503,800 Lbs.
Tractive Effort		62,949 Lbs.
Length Overall		82 ft. 6-1/8 in.


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