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Owner: Missouri Pacific
Model:Lima 2-8-4Built As:MP 1908 (2-8-4)
Serial Number:7483Order No:1120
Frame Number:Built:5/1930
Notes:1930, BL-63 class
Other locos with this serial:  MP 1908(2-8-4) MP 2108(4-8-4)
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MP 2-8-4 #1908 - Missouri Pacific
Title:  MP 2-8-4 #1908 - Missouri Pacific
Description:  This 1930 Lima built locomotive had 63" drivers and could generate a boiler pressure of 240 psi to deliver to its 28"x30" cylinders. The engine was a hefty 412,000 lb and it could produce a tractive effort of 76,160 lb. It was converted to a 4-8-4 configuration with 75" drivers sometime between 1940-42. Date and location are approximations. No photographer listed.
Photo Date:  6/1/1939  Upload Date: 5/6/2014 6:35:18 AM
Location:  unknown, MO
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  MP 1908(2-8-4)
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