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Locomotive No. 755 Specifications
Photographer: Cosmos Mariner
Taken: August 25, 2013
Caption: Locomotive No. 755 Specifications
Additional Description:
(posted beside locomotive)

Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 Berkshire Class S-2
No. 755
Built August, 1944
Lima Locomotive
Last revenue service — Dec., 1957
Shopped and stored — April, 1958
Donated to museum — Oct., 1964
Weight — 401 tons
Length — 100 feet
Drive wheel diameter — 69 inches
Boiler pressure — 245 PSI
Boiler HP — 3164
Cylinder — 25 x 34 in.
Coal — 22 tons
Water — 22,000 gals.
Top authorized speed — 60 MPH
(at that speed, drive wheels revolve
292 times every minute)

Submitted: August 11, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p534396
File Size: 3.870 Megabytes

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