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Owner: Elgin Joliet and Eastern
Model:Alco 2-8-2Built As:EJE 730 (2-8-2)
Serial Number:55739Order No:B-1392
Frame Number:28X30 cylinders, 63" driversBuilt:3/1916
Notes:Brooks, 3/1916, sfs 07/48
Other locos with this serial:  EJE 730(2-8-2)
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EJE 2-8-2 #730 - Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Rwy
Title:  EJE 2-8-2 #730 - Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Rwy
Description:  This 2-8-2 Mikado was built by Alco-Brooks in March of 1916 as E&&E #730. It worked the steel yards and connecting points until being retired in September of 1948 and sold for scrap to the Purdy Co. Specs - serial #55739, 63" drivers, 185 psi boiler pressure, 28x30" cylinders, engine weight of 313,9600 lb, tractive effort of 58,707 lb. Unknown photographer
Photo Date:  8/9/1948  Upload Date: 3/31/2020 11:05:31 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  EJE 730(2-8-2)
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