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Owner: Elgin Joliet and Eastern
Model:BLW 2-8-2Built As:EJE 763 (2-8-2)
Serial Number:61078Order No:
Frame Number:28X30 cylinders, 63" driversBuilt:9/1929
Notes:9/1929, sold to DMIR as #1328 in 1948, sfs in 1958
Other locos with this serial:  EJE 763(2-8-2)
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EJE 2-8-2 #763 - Elgin, Joliet and Eastern
Title:  EJE 2-8-2 #763 - Elgin, Joliet and Eastern
Description:  Nice Baldwin builder's photo on heavy photo paper of Elgin, Joliet and Eastern 2-8-2 Mikado #763. Built in September of 1929 along with five other sister locos, it served the EJ&E until 1948 when it was sold to the Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway and was renumbered DMIR #1328. Eventually it was retired in 1961. Specs - serial #61078, class AB, 63" drivers, 185 psi boiler pressure, 28x30" cylinders, 333,000 lb, tractive effort of 58,707 lb.
Photo Date:  9/1/1929  Upload Date: 7/6/2021 6:34:10 AM
Location:  Eddystone, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  EJE 763(2-8-2)
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