| Nickel Plate Road (NYC&StL) 4-6-4 class L1a number 173 at Brooks Works, Dunkirk, New York, around February 1927. As built it was equipped with 73" drivers, by 1937 it was equipped with 74" drivers, smoke deflectors were added in May 1946, roller bearing engine truck added in July 1946, Commonweath engine bed with cast intregal cylinders added in January 1947. Last run was June 1, 1958 (Calumet to Fort Wayne), sold to Louisiana Eastern in March 31, 1961 and eventually scrapped. |