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Owner: Illinois Central
Model:Lima 4-8-2Built As:IC 2417 (4-8-2)
Serial Number:6886Order No:1071
Frame Number:28X28 cylinders, 73" driversBuilt:9/1924
Notes:built 12/1924
Other locos with this serial:  IC 2417(4-8-2)
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IC 4-8-2 2417
Title:  IC 4-8-2 2417
Description:  Illinois Central 4-8-2 2417 was simmering away at GOVERNMENT YARD in New Orleans, just north of UNION STATION. The locomotive had been built by Lima (6886) in December 1924 and was retired in February 1960, near the very end of steam operations on the IC. The railroad retired 176 locos in 1960 and 43 in 1961. (approximate date of photo)
Photo Date:  2/1/1950  Upload Date: 6/6/2020 11:00:39 AM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  IC 2417(4-8-2)
Views:  233   Comments: 0
IC Train No. 22
Title:  IC Train No. 22
Description:  Illinois Central 4-8-2 2417 was heading out of New Orleans with train No. 22, the all-night, all-stops local to Memphis, as it crossed the drainage canal on the west limit of the city. The 2417 had been built by Lima in December 1924 and was retired in February 1960, when almost all of the railroad’s remaining steam locomotives were stricken from the roster. (approximate month and day of photo)
Photo Date:  6/1/1952  Upload Date: 12/4/2019 10:52:30 AM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  IC 2417(4-8-2)
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