| Not much informaion could be found but thanks to Rick Morgan for supplying information about this loco. Built by Alco-Schenectady in March of 1928 originally as Alton & Southern #14. it was renumbered Alton & Southern #2, then transferred to satellite railroad St Louis & Ohio River St Louis & Ohio River as their #2 and returned later to the A&S as their #2 again. The StL&OR was an Illinois based shortline, principally an ore hauling line from East St Louis to near Belleville, IL. Specs - 55" drivers, 180 psi boiler pressure, 25x30" cylinders, engine weight of 275,000 lb, tractive effrot of 52,200 lb, Photographer C.W. Whitbeck had even mis-identified this loco as a 2-8-4. The date in 1940 is approximate. |