Milwaukee Road class L2

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Power typeSteam
Power typeSteam
Builder
Build date
  • L2: 1912–1914
  • L2-a: 1920
  • L2-b: 1922–1923
Milwaukee Road class L2
Baldwin Locomotive Works’ photograph of L2-a No. 8200, later 500, construction no. 53596, Baldwin class 12-46-¼-E, 594; built August 1920, retired March 1953.
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Builder
Build date
  • L2: 1912–1914
  • L2-a: 1920
  • L2-b: 1922–1923
Total produced380
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte2-8-2
 • UIC1′D1′ h2
Gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Driver dia.63 in (1,600 mm)
Adhesive weight216,000–220,000 lb (98–100 tonnes)
Loco weight275,000–292,770 lb (124.74–132.80 tonnes)
Fuel typeCoal
Firebox:​
 • Grate area49 sq ft (4.6 m2)
Boiler pressure200 lbf/in2 (1.38 MPa)
Heating surface2,925–3,050 sq ft (271.7–283.4 m2)
Superheater:
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 • Heating area640–685 sq ft (59.5–63.6 m2)
CylindersTwo
Cylinder size26 in × 30 in (660 mm × 762 mm)
Valve gear
Loco brakeAir
Train brakesAir
Performance figures
Tractive effort54,720 lbf (243.4 kN)
Career
OperatorsMilwaukee Road
ClassL2, L2-a, and L2-b
Number in class
  • L2: 180
  • L2-a: 100
  • L2-b: 100
Numbers
  • 8000–8179, 8200–8399
  • renumbered 400–738 in 1938
Retired1934 – 1956
DispositionAll scrapped

The Milwaukee Road class L2 were 2-8-2 or "Mikado"-type steam locomotives built by or for the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (“The Milwaukee Road”) in the period 1912–1923.

Cleaning an engine near the Milwaukee Road roundhouse, Bensenville, Illinois. Milwaukee Road 470 was class L2-b 2-8-2 built by Baldwin in 1923

There were three sub-classes of the class L2: the L2 proper comprised 40 locomotives, built by Milwaukee Road’s Milwaukee Shops in 1912–13, 115 by Alco’s Brooks Works in 1912, and 25 by Alco’s Schenectady Works in 1914. They were followed by 100 class L2-a built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1920, and 100 class L2-b in 1922, also built by Baldwin.

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