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Soo Line 2718

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Power type
  
Steam

Model
  
H-23

Total produced
  
6

Serial number
  
64313

Build date
  
May 1923

Soo Line 2718 is a Pacific class 4-6-2 steam locomotive that was originally owned by the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway ("Soo Line"), but operated by their subsidiary, the Wisconsin Central Railway.

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History

The 2718 was built in May, 1923 in Schenectady, New York. It was one of six H-23 Pacific Class steam locomotives built for the Soo Line.

The 2718 was donated to the National Railroad Museum in February 1958. The museum used it for a few years to move cars around the grounds. It also saw limited service pulling the museum train.

Other H-23 class locomotives

There were six H-23 class locomotives built in May 1923. Two of them are preserved.

  • 2718 - On display at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, Wisconsin
  • 2719 - Preserved at Lake Superior Museum in Duluth, Minnesota
  • 2720 - Scrapped at United States Steel, July 19, 1951
  • 2721 - Scrapped at Purdy Company, November 13, 1950
  • 2722 - Scrapped at American Iron & Supply, December 28, 1954
  • 2723 - Scrapped at Purdy Company, November 13, 1950
  • References

    Soo Line 2718 Wikipedia