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Owner: Kansas City Southern
Model:Alco 2-8-8-0Built As:KCS 757 (2-8-8-0)
Serial Number:65148Order No:B-1624
Frame Number:26&41X32 cylinders, 57" driverBuilt:2/1924
Notes:Brooks 02/1924, class G-2, scrapped 12/52
Other locos with this serial:  KCS 757(2-8-8-0)
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KCS 2-8-8-0 #757 - Kansas City Southern
Title:  KCS 2-8-8-0 #757 - Kansas City Southern
Description:  In this badly deteriorating photo is a shot of the 1924 Alco-Brooks locomotive with a long string of freight behind it. The G-2 class loco had 57" drivers and developed a respectable 225 pse boiler pressure for its 26"x32" cylinders.The engine weight tipped the scales at 503,000 lb and it could produce a tractive effort of 103,529 lb. No photographer listed and the date in 1933 is an approximation.
Photo Date:  6/1/1933  Upload Date: 5/5/2014 6:01:03 AM
Location:  Joplin, MO
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  KCS 757(2-8-8-0)
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