Because they were produced in the face of imminent conversion to delivering superheated boilers by most builders, they had the largest evaporative heating surface area of any 2-6-6-2 produced. The AERJ commented that the most novel feature of this design was the provision of a separate exhaust pipe from each of the low-pressure cylinders.

The Milwaukee Road purchased 25 compound 2-6-6-2 engines of Class N-1 in 1910-11 from Alco, and sixteen more, Class N-2, in 1916. Initially eight were oil fueled, and some additional engines were converted to burn oil when they were displaced from the steepest mainline grades by electrification.

Brooks built 125 of these very useful Prairie freight locomotives from 1907-1909, and the Milwaukee Road's (then the Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul) own West Milwaukee shops completed another 70. The first fifty were sent to Lines West (Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound), the recently begun extension of the Milwaukee from South Dakota to the ...

The 2-6-6-2 was primarily a low-speed locomotive. This wheel arrangement was also commonly used on the logging railroads in the Western USA. However, the C&O (Chesapeake & Ohio) continued developing the 2-6-6-2.

Jun 18, 2006 · Several railroads ordered 2-6-6-2s, including Chesapeake & Ohio, Norfolk & Western, Northern Pacific, Milwaukee Road, Western Pacific, Rio Grande, and Wheeling & Lake Erie. Nevertheless, the 2-6-6-2 was a drag freight engine, not capable of speeds above 20 or 25 mph. As a result, its application was limited to low-speed, heavy-hauling tasks.

Mar 6, 2020 · McCloud River Railroad 2-6-2 Prairie type steam locomotive in California in 2008. •YEARS BUILT: 1900-1909. •MANUFACTURERS: Rogers, Alco, Baldwin, Burlington Route shop forces. •OPERATED ON: Burlington Route, Santa Fe, …

MILW 2-6-2 #911 - Milwaukee Road : Description: Here is a typical winter railroad scene in Wisconsin, circa 1950, with the Alco-Brooks built 2-6-2 Prairie style lcoomotive #911 at the head of a manifest freight in Cedarburg, WI. Originally built in 1907 as #1941,#it was renumbered to 5041 in 1912, and renumbered again to 911 in 1938.

Nice example of a 1912 Alco-Schenectady 2-6-6-2 Mallet type locomtive built for the Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul RR (Milwaukee Road). Originally it carried the number 5027 (quickly renumbered to 9602) but was renumbered to 91 in June of 1938.

MILW 2-6-6-2 #9306 - Milwaukee Road : Nice example of a 1929 Milwaukee Shops workmanship. This loco was rebuilt by them from a 1910 Alco-Schenectady class N-1 #9524. Specs - N3-s class, 57" drviers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 21.5x30" cylinders, engine weight of 390,300 lb, impressive tractive effort of 82,718 lb.

Long before we started running trains on the Mt. Rainier Scenic RR out of Elbe, Washington, this former Milwaukee Road line was home to the large 2-6-6-2 Mallets operated by the Milwaukee. Known a the Morton Branch, this line departs from downtown Tacoma and …