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Pictures of IC 2509
Owner:
Illinois Central
Model:
Lima 4-8-2
Built As:
IC 3008 (2-10-2)
Serial Number:
6334
Order No:
1036
Frame Number:
Built:
1/1923
Notes:
reblt at IC Shops, 09/1937, class 2500, boiler from 3008, retired 12/59
Other locos with this serial:
IC 2509(4-8-2)
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Title:
IC 4-8-2 #2509 - Illinois Central
Description:
Beautiful example of the IC shops built 4-8-2 sometime bertween 1937-43. Offering a prodigious power output on 70" drivers, the Mountains gave good service in freight service of all kinds, according to John S. Ingles (in Drury, 1993), "...even coal trains moved faster behind 4-8-2s than they had behind 2-10-2s." Specs - class 2500, 70" drivers, impressive 240 psi boiler pressure, 30x30" cylinders, engine wt 409,500 lb, tractive effort of 78,866 lb. No date, location or photographer was listed for this negative so approximations were used.
Photo Date:
6/1/1940
Upload Date:
9/29/2017 12:32:55 PM
Location:
Unknown, IL
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Steam
Locomotives:
IC 2509(4-8-2)
Views:
459
Comments:
1
Title:
IC 2509
Description:
Date unknown
Photo Date:
11/1/1955
Upload Date:
3/12/2018 5:48:23 PM
Location:
Kankakee, IL
Author:
Paul Meyer
Categories:
Steam,Action
Locomotives:
IC 2509(4-8-2)
Views:
300
Comments:
2
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