| Title: |
StL&OR 2-8-2 #2 - St Louis & Ohio River RR |
| Description: |
Not much informaion could be found but thanks to Rick Morgan for supplying information about this loco. Built by Alco-Schenectady in March of 1928 originally as Alton & Southern #14. it was renumbered Alton & Southern #2, then transferred to satellite railroad St Louis & Ohio River St Louis & Ohio River as their #2 and returned later to the A&S as their #2 again. The StL&OR was an Illinois based shortline, principally an ore hauling line from East St Louis to near Belleville, IL. Specs - 55" drivers, 180 psi boiler pressure, 25x30" cylinders, engine weight of 275,000 lb, tractive effrot of 52,200 lb, Photographer C.W. Whitbeck had even mis-identified this loco as a 2-8-4. The date in 1940 is approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1940 Upload Date: 3/25/2015 6:15:51 AM |
| Location: |
East St. Louis, IL |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
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