| The is a sad moment for this locomotive built by Alco-Brooks in August of 1912. It sits in the scrap line at Lafayette awaiting the scrapper's torch which would come four months after this photo was taken in August of 1948. Specs - serial #51663, J-1 class, 63" drivers, 170 psi boiler pressure, s8x30" cylinders, engine weight of 286,000 lb, tractive effort of 53,947 lb.This is a McKierman photo taken on 122 b&w film size. |