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By:Gary Everhart
Dates:2/1/1952 - 6/1/1953
Album Info:Two nice b&w photos of Louisville & Nashville 4-8-2 USRA Light Mountain steam locomotives.
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LN 4-8-2 #400 - Louisville & Nashville
Title:  LN 4-8-2 #400 - Louisville & Nashville
Description:  Definitely a sad sight with this Baldwin 4-8-2 Light Mountain steam locomotive sitting in the scrap line waiting for the torch. Built in December of 1925, the massive and powerful loco was put to work hauling passengers. Barred by bridge loading limits from operating further south, the 4-8-2s later added Louisville-East St Louis trains and even freights. They saw out steam on the L & N, retiring in the mid-1950s. Specs - serial #58877, class L-1, 69" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 27x30" cylinders, engine weight of 333,100 lb, tractive effort of 53,883 lb. Max Miller photo
Photo Date:  2/1/1952  Upload Date: 8/28/2020 12:00:00 PM
Location:  Evansville, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  LN 400(4-8-2)
Views:  327   Comments: 0
LN 4-8-2 #483 - Louisville & Nashville
Title:  LN 4-8-2 #483 - Louisville & Nashville
Description:  Interesting photo with the tender wearing the new number $483 while the headlight still has the original #421. Built by Baldwin in October of 1930, the renumbering took place in 1953. The date was given as 6/9/1950 which might be incorrect or the renumbering took place in 1950 or it wore both numbers. Specs - serial #61552, class L-1, 69" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 27x30" cylinders, engine weight of 337,730 lb, tractive effort of 53,883 lb.The loco was scrapped sometime in the 1950's as the L&N dieselized. Webb photo
Photo Date:  6/1/1953  Upload Date: 8/28/2020 12:00:02 PM
Location:  Bowling Green, KY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  LN 483(4-8-2)
Views:  318   Comments: 1


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