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Owner: Great Northern
Model:BLW 4-8-2Built As:GN 2525 (4-8-2)
Serial Number:57345Order No:
Frame Number:29X28 cylinders, 73" driversBuilt:10/1923
Notes:10/1923, class P-2, retired 12/57
Other locos with this serial:  GN 2525(4-8-2)
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GN 4-8-2 #2525 - Great Northern
Title:  GN 4-8-2 #2525 - Great Northern
Description:  Beautiful example of long and powerful Baldwin 4-8-2 "Mountain" type steam locomotive. Built in October of 1923, one noted railroad authority (Drury) noted that these locomotives in the class "were successful passenger-haulers and were considered by many to have the best-looking Great Northern engine class". Specs - class P-2, serial #57345,coal burner rather than oil, 73" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 29x28" cylinders, engine weight of 357,000 lb, tractive effort of 54,838 lb. No date or location was given for the photo so approximates were used. S.R. Wood photo
Photo Date:  6/1/1945  Upload Date: 7/30/2020 7:17:18 AM
Location:  Unknown, MN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  GN 2525(4-8-2)
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