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Owner: New York Central
Model:Alco 4-8-2Built As:NYC 2738 (4-8-2)
Serial Number:66615Order No:S-1530
Frame Number:27X30 cylinders, 69" driversBuilt:3/1926
Notes:Schenectady 03/1926, class L2a, sfs 09/1952
Other locos with this serial:  NYC 2738(4-8-2)
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CP-5
Title:  CP-5
Description:  A southbound NYC freight overtaking an eastbound NYSW freight pulling into Little Ferry Yard. Taken from the caboose by John L. Treen just over sixty-three years ago.
Photo Date:  4/9/1948  Upload Date: 4/21/2011 12:55:53 AM
Location:  Little Ferry, NJ
Author:  BOB WICKES
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Locomotives:  NYC 2738(4-8-2)
Views:  1437   Comments: 1
NYC 4-8-2 #2738 - New York Cenrtral
Title:  NYC 4-8-2 #2738 - New York Cenrtral
Description:  Built by ALCo-Schenectady in March of 1926 (serial #66615), this powerful locomotive served for twenty-six years before retirement in May of 1952 and later sold for scrap in 1954. Specs - 69" drivers, 225 psi boiler pressure, 27x30" cylinders, engine weight of 362,500 lb, tractive effort of 60,620 with a booster addition of 12,660 lb. The photo is from the Howard W. Ameling collection.
Photo Date:  1/19/1951  Upload Date: 9/22/2022 5:23:22 AM
Location:  Depew, NY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  NYC 2738(4-8-2)
Views:  108   Comments: 0


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