LN 4-6-2 #243 - Louisville & Nashville  Contributor's Pick!       
Delivered from Richmond, this class consisted of the reliable and well-liked USRA light Pacific design. Here it sits in the Louisville yard on this day. After nearly 43 years of service, the loco was retired in MArch of 1954 and would be presumed, scrapped. Specifics - 73" drivers, 200psi boiler pressure, 25x28" cylinders, engine weight of 277,00 lb, tractive effort of 40,753 lb. No photographer listed.
Date: 8/1/1940 Location: Louisville, KY   Map Show Louisville on a rail map Views: 564 Collection Of:   Gary Everhart
Locomotives: LN 243(4-6-2)    Author:  Gary Everhart
LN 4-6-2 #243 - Louisville & Nashville
Picture Categories: Roster,Steam,Passenger,Action This picture is part of album:  L&N STEAM ALBUM
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