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CIL 4-8-0 #225 - Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville (Monon) |
| Description: |
Not sure how the 4-8-0 wheel configuration was ever named "Mastodon" with such small (54") driver "legs." This one, built by Alco-Brooks in April of 1898 originally as CIOL #205 but renumbered in 1926 as CIL 225 after a rebuild. It served the Monon for nearly 48 years before succumbing to the scrapper's torch when sold for scrap on2/6/1947. Rebuilt specs - class E-1, 54" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 21x26" cylinders, original engine weight of 172,000 lb, original tractive effort of 36,097 lb, rebuilt and superheated by the Monon shops in 1922. The class was retired between 1946-49. unknown photographer |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1940 Upload Date: 4/18/2016 12:03:33 PM |
| Location: |
Lafayette, IN |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
CIL 225(4-8-0) |
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607 Comments: 1 |
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CIL 4-8-0 #229 - Chicago, Indpls & Louisville (Monon) |
| Description: |
An unknown photographer caught the engineer with his 1900 Brooks build 4-8-0 "Mastodon" steam loco posing in an unknown location in Indiana. Specs - E1 class, 54" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 21x26" cylinders, engine weight of 172,000 lb, tractive effort of 36,097 lb. The class was retired between 1946-49 - this loco was retired on 6/20/1949. The photo appears to be a very old print (or reprint), not a newer one. The date is approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1935 Upload Date: 1/6/2017 9:53:30 AM |
| Location: |
Unknown, IN |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
CIL 229(4-8-0) |
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358 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
CIL 4-8-0 #230 - Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville (Monon) |
| Description: |
Before Brooks Locomotive Works joined the ALCo group, it built this 4-8-0 twelve wheeler as CIL #210 (Brooks serial #3496). The loco was renumbered CIL 230 in 1911 and was later rebuilt in 1925 with a new cylinder block and saddle.It was retired on 12/31/1946 and sold for scrap the following February, 1947. Rebuilt specs - 55" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 21x26" cylinders, engine weight of 196,000 lb. tractivce effort of 35,450 lb. Robert P. Morris photo |
| Photo Date: |
6/3/1939 Upload Date: 1/22/2023 5:33:06 PM |
| Location: |
Lafayette, IN |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
CIL 230(4-8-0) |
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144 Comments: 0 |
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