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MARYLAND & PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
LOCOMOTIVE NO. 22

Builder: Pennsylvania Railroad   Type: 4-6-0   Class: G2   Number: 597
Built: October, 1881 Retired: September, 1914
 
Drivers: 50" Cylinders: 18 x 22 Operating Pressure: 125 lbs. Tractive Effort: 15,150 lbs.
Light Weight - Engine & Tender: Tender Coal Capacity: Tender Water Capacity: 2,400 gal.

Weight in Working Order
Drivers: 62,100 lbs. Engine: 84,800 lbs. Tender: 60,000 lbs. Total: 144,800 lbs.
 

NOTES:

 

Engine No. 22 was built at the Altoona Shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad.

Engine No. 22 was built with Stephenson valve gear.

Engine No. 22 was purchased from the Pennsylvania Railroad by the Baltimore & Lehigh in December of 1900.

Engine No. 22 was sold to the South Florida & Gulf Railroad in September of 1914. (The SF&G began service in September of 1914 and was abandoned in 1918)

Various company sources sometimes give conflicting dates for installation of improvements. Best judgement has been used when conflicts exist.

Data has been gathered from various sources, including Annual Reports, AFEs, the M&PA's Shop Book and photographs.

Information compiled by Charles T. Mahan, Jr.


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