Milwaukee Road 1004
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Milwaukee Road 1004 is a preserved 4-6-0 "Ten-wheeler" type steam locomotive, built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in September 1901 as a class B4 four-cylinder Vauclain compound locomotive for the Milwaukee Road who numbered it No. 385.
It was renumbered No. 1735 in 1907, and renumbered again in 1912 as No. 4335. Like most of the Milwaukee Road's Vaulclain compounds, it was rebuilt as a two-cylinder simple locomotive; for 4335 this happened in February 1920 when it was reclassified as class G8 and renumbered No. 2604. In the Milwaukee Road's 1938 renumbering, it received its last number — No. 1004. It was retired in April 1957.[1]
The locomotive was mostly a freight locomotive while working on the Milwaukee Road; A Railroad article from around 1957 believed that Milwaukee Road 1004 was the last steam locomotive to retire and leave the system.
Today, No. 1004 is preserved non-operational at the Fairgrounds, in Austin, Minnesota. It is also the only surviving member of its class, and it is one of only five surviving Milwaukee Road steam locomotives.[2]
References
- ^ Edson 1977, pp. 34, 64.
- ^ "1004". steamlocomotive.info. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
Bibliography
- Edson, W. D. (Spring 1977). "Milwaukee Road locomotives: All time steam, diesel and electric roster". Railroad History (136). Boston: The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, Inc.