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Owner: Chicago & Northwestern
Model:BLW 2-8-4Built As:CNW 2809 (2-8-4)
Serial Number:67380Order No:B-1702
Frame Number:28X30 cylinders, 63" driversBuilt:8/1927
Notes:Brooks 08/1927, Class J-4 - "Berkshire", scrapped 1952
Other locos with this serial:  CNW 2809(2-8-4)
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CNW 2-8-4 #2809
Title:  CNW 2-8-4 #2809
Description:  Built by Alco in the Brooks shops in 1927. It is a Class J-4 "Berkshire" which was one of twelve built for the C&NW. All of these locos featured Walschaert valve gears. Their primary service was pulling freight and sometimes used to haul coal. Actual date and location of the photo unknown. (Obviously, not Chicago)
Photo Date:  7/7/1935  Upload Date: 6/3/2014 2:58:01 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Marty Ross
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  CNW 2809(2-8-4)
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