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Owner: New York Central
Model:Alco 4-8-2Built As:Builder Info (Unavailable )
Serial Number:66658Order No:
Frame Number: Built:
Notes:Schenectady, 4/1926, sfs 4/1953
Other locos with this serial:  NYC 2780(4-8-2)
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NYC 4-8-2 #2780 - New York Central
Title:  NYC 4-8-2 #2780 - New York Central
Description:  Alco-Schenectady, 4/1926 serial #66658 After 27 years of service, the loco was retired in March of 1953 and sold for scrap in April of the same year. Specs - 69" drivers, 225 psi boiler pressure, 27x30" cylinders, engine weight of 362,500 lb, tractive effort of 60,620 with a booster addition of 12,660 lb. The photo is from the Howard W. Ameling collection and now in my collection.
Photo Date:  10/14/1952  Upload Date: 7/26/2025 9:08:07 AM
Location:  Weehawken, NJ
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  NYC 2780(4-8-2)
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