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Pictures of LN 1518
Owner:
Louisville & Nashville
Model:
Alco 2-8-2
Built As:
LN 1518 (2-8-2)
Serial Number:
61840
Order No:
R-287
Frame Number:
26X28 cylinders, 63"drivers
Built:
6/1920
Notes:
Richmond 06/1920, class J3, retired 01/1952
Other locos with this serial:
LN 1518(2-8-2)
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Title:
L&N 2-8-2 1518
Description:
Louisville & Nashville class J-3 2-8-2 1518 and an auxiliary water car were photographed next to the turntable at the railroad’s Julia Street Yard in New Orleans This photo was taken on 28 August 1951, near the end of L&N steam operations into the
Crescent City
. The class J-3 was the standard USRA Light Mikado and, at 292,000 pounds, were the heaviest steam locomotives used on the line between Mobile and New Orleans. The 1518 had been built by Alco in 1920 and was retired on 29 January 1952.
Photo Date:
8/20/1951
Upload Date:
10/21/2019 12:55:50 PM
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Author:
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection
Categories:
Roster,Yard
Locomotives:
LN 1518(2-8-2)
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