Tags: Locomotive.
The Milwaukee Road’s A2 class comprised 47 compound steam locomotives of the 4-4-2 or ‘Atlantic’ configuration. The Milwaukee Road 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 and were Vauclain compound locomotives with 84 inches (2.13 m) drivers. The third batch (A2-b) of five locomotive was built by the Milwaukee Road in its Milwaukee Wisconsin shops with 85 inches (2.159 m) drivers.
