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5/10/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Southern
Model:Alco 2-8-2Built As:SOU 4837 (2-8-2)
Serial Number:64839Order No:R-330
Frame Number:27X32 cylinders, 63" driversBuilt:11/1923
Notes:Richmond, 1923, class Ms-4, sfs 04/1952
Other locos with this serial:  SOU 4837(2-8-2)
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SOU 2-8-2 #4837 - Southern Rwy
Title:  SOU 2-8-2 #4837 - Southern Rwy
Description:  Beautiful b&w photo of the Alco-Richmond 2-8-2 Mikado delivered to the Southern Rwy as #4837 in 1923. Specs - serial # 64839, 63" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 27x32" cylinders, engine weight of 326,000 lb, tractive effort of 62,949 lb. Loco #4800-04914 in the M-4 classs were scrapped between 1952-1954. No date or location was listed for the photo so date is approximate. The roundhouse in the background appears to be the Southern Asheville one. A smudged stamp appears to "Rail Phoot Service".
Photo Date:  6/1/1950  Upload Date: 10/27/2020 10:50:02 AM
Location:  Asheville, NC
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  SOU 4837(2-8-2)
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