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Owner: Alton & Southern Railway
Model:Alco 2-8-2Built As:ALS 10 (2-8-2)
Serial Number:66461Order No:S-1524
Frame Number:25X30 cylinders, 55" driversBuilt:10/1925
Notes:Schenectady, 1925
Other locos with this serial:  ALS 10(2-8-2)
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ALS 2-8-2 #10 - Alton & Southern
Title:  ALS 2-8-2 #10 - Alton & Southern
Description:  Left in its original sepia tones is this original photo of a 1925 Alco-Schenectady built Mikado that served the Alton & Southern first before heading south to the Noeste de Mexico line. Specifics - class 10, 57" drivers, 190 psi boiler pressure, 25x30" cylinders, engine weight of 275,000 lb, tractive effort of 53,125 lb. The locomotive was eventually sold to Noreste de Mexico and renumbered #102. It was scrapped by 1950. The photo might have been taken by photographer Eileslager.
Photo Date:  10/1/1930  Upload Date: 1/28/2015 5:26:51 AM
Location:  East St. Louis, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  ALS 10(2-8-2)
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