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By:Gary Everhart
Dates:4/3/1955 - 4/3/1955
Album Info:These are b&w photos of New York Central 2-8-2 Mikados. Not much information came with the photos and am having a difficult time finding information about the builders of these locos.
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NYC 2-8-2 #6331, New York Central
Title:  NYC 2-8-2 #6331, New York Central
Description:  Another NYC Mikado sitting in a scrap line with its boiler plate and its drive rod removed. No date or location was given for this loco. Forrest Trittenbach photo.
Photo Date:  1/1/1950  Upload Date: 8/13/2013 3:48:17 PM
Location:  Unknown, US
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  NYC 6331(2-8-2)
Views:  683   Comments: 1
NYC 2-8-2 1314, New York Central
Title:  NYC 2-8-2 1314, New York Central
Description:  The NYC Mikado looks good in the afternoon sun in 1955. J. B. Allen photo
Photo Date:  4/3/1955  Upload Date: 8/13/2013 3:47:39 PM
Location:  East Alton, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  NYC 1314(2-8-2)
Views:  842   Comments: 1
NYC 2-8-2 1523, New York Central
Title:  NYC 2-8-2 1523, New York Central
Description:  This Alco Mikado was built by Schenectady in January 1906 as NYC&HR 2-8-0 #2787, rebuilt by Brooks in August 1913 to 2-8-2 #2610, renumbered 3785 in October 1913, then NYC #1281 in August 1936, finally renumbered to 1523 in August 1948, sold for scrap in November 1952. It now sits in what apprears to be a storage or scrap line now.
Photo Date:  4/3/1955  Upload Date: 8/13/2013 3:47:46 PM
Location:  Unknown, US
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  NYC 1523(2-8-2)
Views:  743   Comments: 0
NYC 2-8-2 #2333, New York Central
Title:  NYC 2-8-2 #2333, New York Central
Description:  Definitely on a scrap line with its main drive removed and its number crossed out, this NYC Mikado's days are numbered. No date or location were given for this photo. Forrest Trittenbach photo. With Paul Woods help (see comment below), this loco was built by Lima in August of 1924 as one of the H-10B class locos for the NYC.
Photo Date:  4/3/1955  Upload Date: 8/13/2013 3:48:01 PM
Location:  Unknown, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  NYC 2333(2-8-2)
Views:  657   Comments: 1
NYC 2-8-2 #4078, New York Central
Title:  NYC 2-8-2 #4078, New York Central
Description:  Built by Brooks in December 1905 as IHB 2-8-0 #7851, this locomotive was rebuilt by Brooks in March 1916 to a 2-8-2 and numbered 4078, and in August 1936 renumbered to 1384, sold for scrap in 1950, seen here as it sits with steam while the engineer poses in his window for an unknown photographer. No date or location was given either.
Photo Date:  4/3/1955  Upload Date: 8/13/2013 3:48:12 PM
Location:  Unknown, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  NYC 4078(2-8-2)
Views:  477   Comments: 0


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