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Pictures of CIL 553
Owner:
Chicago Indianapolis & Louisville (Monon
Model:
Alco 2-8-2
Built As:
CIL 553 (2-8-2)
Serial Number:
59683
Order No:
S-1259
Frame Number:
26x30 cylinders, 63" drivers
Built:
12/1918
Notes:
USRA Schenectady 12/1918, sfs 06/47
Other locos with this serial:
CIL 553(2-8-2)
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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)
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