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Owner: Richmond Fredericksburg & Potomac
Model:BLW 4-8-4Built As:RFP 554 (4-8-4)
Serial Number:61977Order No:
Frame Number:27X30 cylinders, 77" driversBuilt:4/1936
Notes:1936, "General A.P Hill", sfs 04/1952
Other locos with this serial:  RFP 554(4-8-4)
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RFP 4-8-4 #554, "General A.P Hill" - Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac RR
Title:  RFP 4-8-4 #554, "General A.P Hill" - Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac RR
Description:  Here is another example of a 1936 Baldwin built 4-8-4 "General" class (RFP refused to call them "Northerns" possibly because the southern influence was still strong in 1936!). This one bore the name "General A.P. Hill", another of Virginia's esteemed Civil War Generals. Specifics - 77" drivers, 275 psi boiler pressure, 27x30" cylinders, 466,040 lb engine weight, 66,391 lb tractive effort.
Photo Date:  7/1/1939  Upload Date: 11/2/2014 8:29:05 AM
Location:  New York, NY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  RFP 554(4-8-4)
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