Milwaukee Road class S2
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 Photo of the Milwaukee Road's new S2 4-8-4 Baldwin-built locomotive. Copy from auction- "A vintage 1937 ORIGINAL Photograph depicting Milwaukee Road's Baldwin S-2 4-8-4 Northern Steam Locomotives." | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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he Milwaukee Road S2 Class was a class of 40 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotives built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works between 1937 and 1940 and operated by the Milwaukee Road until the mid 1950s. The locomotives saw service in pulling freight..
Service[edit]
The locomotives mainly worked as freight haulers, mainly in the eastern portion of the Milwaukee Road due to being coal burners. However, when the westbound Olympian exceeded 12 cars, they were used in such service.[1]
Disposition[edit]
Retirement of the S2s began in 1954 as the Milwaukee Road dieselised and by 1956, all of them have been retired. None have been preserved, however, a tender has survived and is out in the open in Ingomar, Montana. It was used to supply water to the town, but when the railroad abandoned the Pacific Extention in 1980, the tender was left there and remains there today.[2]
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