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Owner: Boston & Maine
Model:BLW 4-8-2Built As:BM 4117 (4-8-2)
Serial Number:62540Order No:
Frame Number:28x31 cylinders, 73" driversBuilt:6/1941
Notes:6/1941, class R-1d, scrapped 9/1955
Other locos with this serial:  BM 4117(4-8-2)
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Boston & Maine 4-8-2 4117
Title:  Boston & Maine 4-8-2 4117
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Photo Date:  1/1/1944  Upload Date: 5/9/2024 7:21:25 PM
Location:  Unknown, MA
Author:  Boston & Maine
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Locomotives:  BM 4117(4-8-2)
Views:  48   Comments: 0
BM 4-8-2 #4117 - Boston & Maine
Title:  BM 4-8-2 #4117 - Boston & Maine
Description:  Appropriately named "Hercules" from the naming contest that the Boston & Maine held, this was the heaviest 4-8-2 Mountain type steam locomotive built in the US. The loco was built by Baldwin in June of 1941 but it barely 14 years before being scrapped in September of 1955. Specs - serial # 62540, class R-1d, 73" drivers, 28x31" cylinders, impressive 240 psi boiler pressure, engine weight of 415,200 lb, tractive effort of 67,900 lb. Unknown photographer
Photo Date:  5/1/1954  Upload Date: 2/13/2022 5:03:56 AM
Location:  Billerica, MA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  BM 4117(4-8-2)
Views:  242   Comments: 3


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