| Title: |
CIL 2-8-2 #553 - Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville (Monon) |
| Description: |
J.R. Quinn caught this 1918 Alco-Schenectady built 2-8-2 Mikado, CIL #553, sitting in the Monon South Hammond yard. With dieselization underway, this and its sister steam locomotives are already on borrowed time. Specs -serial #59683, J-2 class, 63" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 26x30" cylinders, engine weight of 292,000 lb, tractive effort of 54,724 lb. The J-2 class were all scrapped between 1947-49. |
| Photo Date: |
4/13/1947 Upload Date: 2/3/2021 6:48:10 AM |
| Location: |
Hammond, IN |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
CIL 553(2-8-2) |
| Views: |
274 Comments: 1 |
