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THE MARYLAND AND PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
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The Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad Historical Society

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MARYLAND & PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
LOCOMOTIVE NO. 23

Builder: Baldwin   Type: 2-8-0   Class: 10-32E   Number: 20003
Built: January, 1902 Retired: March, 1947
 
Drivers: 50" Cylinders: 19 x 24 Operating Pressure: 175 lbs. Tractive Effort: 25, 770 lbs.
Light Weight - Engine & Tender: 143,000 lbs. Tender Coal Capacity: 8 tons Tender Water Capacity: 4,000 gal.

Weight in Working Order
Drivers: 108,550 lbs. Engine: 123,600 lbs. Tender: 89,253 lbs. Total: 212,853 lbs.
 

NOTES:

 

Engine No. 23 was built with Stephenson valve gear.

Southern valve gear was installed in September of 1915.

A steam heat line was installed on September 14, 1915.

Flange lubricators were installed in October of 1915.

A Brown power reverse was installed in February of 1917.

A Loco Light generator, Model "C" 450 watt, was installed on November 30, 1921.

Straight air was installed in 1936.

A steel cab was installed between 1937 and 1940.

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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