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LV 2-8-2 #441 - Lehigh Valley
Title:  LV 2-8-2 #441 - Lehigh Valley
Description:  Nice example of a 1924 Alco-Schenectady built 2-8-2 Mikado for the Lehigh Valley. Specs - N-5B class, 63" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 27x32" cylinders, engine weight of 325,900 lb, tractive effort of 62,949 lb. The design obviously suited the LV as all of these engines stayed in service until the end of steam. The photo was taken by an unknown photographer.
Photo Date:  6/10/1949  Upload Date: 6/15/2020 9:03:51 AM
Location:  Allentown, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  LV 441(2-8-2)
Views:  259   Comments: 0
LV 2-8-2 #442 - Lehigh Valley
Title:  LV 2-8-2 #442 - Lehigh Valley
Description:  Built by Alco-Schenectady in 1924, this 2-8-2 Mikado, LV #442, was an N-5B class member. This hardworking and dependable class lasted until the end of steam. Specs - N-5B class, 63" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 27x32" cylinders, engine weight of 325,900 lb, tractive effort of 62,949 lb. The photo was taken by an unknown photographer.
Photo Date:  3/16/1949  Upload Date: 6/15/2020 9:03:54 AM
Location:  Delano, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  LV 442(2-8-2)
Views:  337   Comments: 0
LV 2-8-2 #478 - Lehigh Valley
Title:  LV 2-8-2 #478 - Lehigh Valley
Description:  Built by ALCo-Schenectady in January of 1924, this 2-8-2 Mikado, Lehigh Valley #478, was caught by an unknown photographer heading up a freight. The location or date was not given for the photo. Specs - serial #65136, N-5B class, 63" drivers, 27x32" cylinders, 200 psi boiler pressure, 27x32" cylinders, engine weight of 325,000 lb, tractive effort of 63,000 lb.
Photo Date:  6/1/1939  Upload Date: 12/3/2022 5:38:08 AM
Location:  Unknown, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  LV 478(2-8-2)
Views:  98   Comments: 0
LV 2-8-2 #488 - Lehigh Valley
Title:  LV 2-8-2 #488 - Lehigh Valley
Description:  Built by Alco-Schenectady in 1924, this LV 2-8-2 #488 (serial #65146) and its sister class N-5 members lasted until the end of steam. LV #488 met the scrapper's torch in July of 1951. Specs - N-5B class, 63" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 27x32" cylinders, engine weight of 325,900 lb, tractive effort of 62,949 lb. Unknown photographer took the photo.
Photo Date:  7/14/1950  Upload Date: 6/15/2020 9:03:57 AM
Location:  Delano, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  LV 488(2-8-2)
Views:  229   Comments: 0


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