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Need an locomotive identified....L&N steam

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Need an locomotive identified....L&N steam
Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, July 17, 2007 9:09 PM

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.

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, July 18, 2007 8:38 AM

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

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Posted by silicon212 on Wednesday, July 18, 2007 3:49 PM
Actually, my guess would be 4-8-0 - it looks like there are two pilot axles.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, July 18, 2007 5:04 PM

 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"

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Posted by snagletooth on Wednesday, July 18, 2007 5:31 PM

 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 

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Posted by J. Edgar on Wednesday, July 18, 2007 6:06 PM
 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

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Posted by snagletooth on Wednesday, July 18, 2007 6:18 PM
 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

Ah, OK. What about the number? Am I seeing things?
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, July 18, 2007 8:16 PM

 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.

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Posted by edbenton on Thursday, July 19, 2007 9:02 AM
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.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 19, 2007 11:18 AM

 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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