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BLE 2-10-4 #630 - Bessemer & Lake Erie |
| Description: |
Fairly nice older b&w photo of Bessemer & Lake Erie 2-10-4 Texas type steam loco #630. According to the info on the back of the photo, this is a photo in the "Baldwin rolodex file labeled "Roll DEV B prints. Hold-pat-album 28C, The Baldwin Studio, St Louis, MO. Winter 1943-44." Ironically the photo is of one of only ten 2-10-4 locomotives for the Bessemer & Lake Erie that WASN'T built by Baldwin. It was actually built by Alco-Schenectady in 1937. Why would Baldwin have a photo of this loco in its rolodex files? |
| Photo Date: |
12/1/1943 Upload Date: 2/15/2026 7:02:34 AM |
| Location: |
St Louis, MO |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
BLE 630(2-10-4) |
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10 Comments: 0 |
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CV 2-10-4 #700 - Central Vermont |
| Description: |
Alco-Schenectady built this 2-10-4 in October of 1928 as Central Vermont #700 (serial #67671, class T-3a). Unfortunately there was no listing for a 2-10-4 under the Aclo heading so it's listed as an unknown builder for 2-10-4. Not sure why on this one but in 1949-50, the boiler pressure was reduced from 250 psi to 230 psi. If anyone know why a reduction like that, please leave a comment. The loco lasted for only 26 years before being scrapped in December of 1954 when diesels were taking over. Orioginal specs - 60" drivers, 250 psi boiler pressure, 27"x32" cylinders, engine weight 419,000 lb, tractive effort of 89,900 lb with added booster. One online source states "They were relatively light, small, and low-drivered. Nevertheless, these engines rattled windows and shook the ground, according to a December 1993 Trains recollection. And they weren't kind to the rails." The ten were all scrapped between 1954-59. No date, location or photographer was given for the photo unfortunately. |
| Photo Date: |
7/16/1935 Upload Date: 7/30/2025 3:47:41 AM |
| Location: |
Unknown, VT |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
CV 700(2-10-4) |
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307 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CV 2-10-2 #708 - Central Vermont |
| Description: |
Here is another massive 2-10-4 built by Alco-Schenectady in DEcember of 1928 as Central Vermont #708. Unfortunately there is no 2-10-4 selection for Alco built locos on this website so it's listed as an unknown builder of 2-10-4's. The loco had its boiler pressure reduced sometime between 1949-1950 from 250 psi down to 230 psi. I have no idea why this was done - if you know , please leave a comment. The loco met the scrapper's torch in October of 1954. Original specs - 60" drivers, 250 psi boiler pressure, 27"x32" cylinders, engine weight 419,000 lb, tractive effort of 82,620 lb. No date, location or photographer was listed for this photo unfortunately. |
| Photo Date: |
7/16/1935 Upload Date: 7/30/2025 3:47:41 AM |
| Location: |
Unknown, VT |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
CV 708(2-10-4) |
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399 Comments: 0 |
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CP 2-10-4 #5903 - Canadian Pacific |
| Description: |
Nice roster shot of Canadian Pacific 2-10-4 Texas type (called Selkirks by CP) steam locomotive #5903 by rail photographer J. R. Quinn. The loco was built by the Montreal Locomotive Works in August of 1929 as CP 2-10-4 #5903 (serial #67924). The first group of Selkirks (CP name for2-10-4's), #5900-5919, were delivered in 1929 for service between Calgary, Alb and Revelstoke, BC, over the Canadian Rockies. Specs - serial #67924, class T-1a, oil burner, 63" drivers, impressive 275 psi boiler pressure, 25.5x32" cylinders, engine weight of 452,500 lb, tractive effort of 77,204 lb. The massive locomotive was retired and scrapped in March of 1956. |
| Photo Date: |
5/16/1954 Upload Date: 2/15/2026 6:35:55 AM |
| Location: |
Calgary (Alyth), AB |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CP 5903(2-10-4) |
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12 Comments: 0 |
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