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Owner: Boston & Maine
Model:Alco 2-8-0Built As:BM 2725 (2-8-0)
Serial Number:56556Order No:B-1419
Frame Number:24X30 cylinders, 61" driversBuilt:12/1916
Notes:Brooks, 12/1916, class K-8c, scrapped 9/1954
Other locos with this serial:  BM 2725(2-8-0)
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BM 2-8-0 #2725 - Boston & Maine
Title:  BM 2-8-0 #2725 - Boston & Maine
Description:  Sadly, this may have been the last photo ever taken of this loco as it sat in the scrap line before it met the scrapper's torch later in the month. Alco-Brooks, 12/1916 Specs - serial #56556, K-8c class, 61" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 24x30" cylinders, engine weight of 219,400 lb, tractive effort of 48,200 lb. Scrapped in September of 1953.
Photo Date:  9/1/1953  Upload Date: 7/20/2025 4:25:34 PM
Location:  Billerica, MA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  BM 2725(2-8-0)
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