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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. 30

Builder: Baldwin   Type: 0-6-0   Class:   Number:
Built: November, 1913 Retired: April, 1956
 
Drivers: 50" Cylinders: 20 x 26 Operating Pressure: 180 lbs. Tractive Effort: 31,810 lbs.
Light Weight - Engine & Tender: 167,000 lbs. Tender Coal Capacity: 6 tons Tender Water Capacity: 4,000 gal.

Weight in Working Order
Drivers: 134,000 lbs. Engine: 134,000 lbs. Tender: 82,453 lbs. Total: 216,453 lbs.
 

NOTES:

 

Engine No. 30 was built with Walschaert valve gear.

A steam heat line was installed in 1914.

A Loco Light generator, Model "C" 450 watt, was installed on October 31, 1919.

Farlow draft gear was installed in 1924.

A steel cab was installed between 1929 and 1933.

A power reverse was installed in November of 1933.

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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Last updated on 3/23/2009.