Ok, guys this one ran off the L&N line and was active in the first part of the 1900's possibly until the 1930's. This is the best image that I could find of the locomotive, in fact it was the only image that I could find. Any help that you might be able to provide will be greatly appreciated; engine type, engine number, possible equivelants for modeling.
BTW, from the photo it looks like a 4-6-?, maybe 2, but I can't be sure.
I think I'm getting closer; and I think my first estimate of it being a 4-6-? might be wrong, instead I'm thinking now that it may be a 2-8-0 as pictured here
silicon212 wrote:Actually, my guess would be 4-8-0 - it looks like there are two pilot axles.
I might be tempted to agree but I've found an L&N history book and L&N never ran a 4-8-0. They did however run the Consolidation (2-8-0), G-13 ten wheelers, and the class H-23's. Any of which could easily fit the photo, and all fit the time period.
This is a composite scan of the three engines that to me best fit the previous photo; its from "The Louisville & Nashville Railroad, 1850-1963"
I saw what looks like the number 180 on the firebox door ( I think that's what it's called, I don't know that much about steam) and did a search. I found a L&N 4-6-2 with a VERY similar cab roofline.
http://kohlin.com/L&N/l&n183.jpg
snagletooth wrote: I saw what looks like the number 180 on the firebox door ( I think that's what it's called, I don't know that much about steam) and did a search. I found a L&N 4-6-2 with a VERY similar cab roofline.http://kohlin.com/L&N/l&n183.jpg
close.....its called a smokebox....hence a smokebox door
J. Edgar wrote: snagletooth wrote: I saw what looks like the number 180 on the firebox door ( I think that's what it's called, I don't know that much about steam) and did a search. I found a L&N 4-6-2 with a VERY similar cab roofline.http://kohlin.com/L&N/l&n183.jpg close.....its called a smokebox....hence a smokebox door
snagletooth wrote:Ah, OK. What about the number? Am I seeing things?
If you're talking about the top photo then the 180 is just a problem with the image. This was taken from a cheaply produced local magazine, and the print wasn't very good. I did however find the same original image from a newspaper (not sure when it was published) and the number on the firebox door is 23.
edbenton wrote:From the era alon would be a 10 wheeler a 4-6-0 the pacfic came out in the early 20th century IIRC so more than likely a tenwheeler.
Yeah, the general consensus is that its probably a turn of the century ten-wheeler, maybe a little newer, this also fits because L&N used a lot of ten wheelers, especially on these smaller rail lines.
Now, I gotta find an o-gauge train that looks like it. thanks all
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