The Milwaukee Road's A2 class comprised 47
compound
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steam locomotive
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s of the or 'Atlantic' configuration. The
Milwaukee Road
The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (CMStP&P), better known as the Milwaukee Road , was a Class I railroad that operated in the Midwestern United States, Midwest and Pacific Northwest, Northwest of the United States from 1847 ...
acquired them in five batches.
The first two batches of 9 and 19 locomotives (classes A2 and A2-a) were built by
Baldwin Locomotive Works
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, and were
Vauclain compound
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locomotives with drivers. The third batch (A2-b) of five locomotive was built by the Milwaukee Road in its
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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shops with drivers. The fourth batch (A2-c) of 12 engines was built by Baldwin as Vauclain compounds with drivers, while the last batch (A2) was for a pair of engines built by Baldwin as balanced compounds. All members of the class were scrapped between 1927 and 1930.
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Steam locomotives of the United States
Railway locomotives introduced in 1901
Scrapped locomotives
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