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Owner: Illinois Central
Model:Lima 2-8-2Built As:Builder Info (Unavailable )
Serial Number:6531Order No:
Frame Number: Built:
Notes:10/1923, nee-IC 1939, sfs 2/1956
Other locos with this serial:  IC 1502(2-8-2)
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IC 2-8-2 #1502 - Illinois Central
Title:  IC 2-8-2 #1502 - Illinois Central
Description:  Once a hardworking member of the Illinois Central roster, IC 2-8-2 #1502 sits in the scrap line now at the Proviso, IL, yard. Built by Lima in October of 1923 as IC #1939 (serial #6531), it served for nearly 33 years before being sold for scrap in February of 1956. Inbetween, the IC shops rebuilt and renumbered the loco in July of 1937 to IC #1417. It was renumbered again in January of 1951 to IC #1502. Rebuild specs - 63.5" drivers, 225 psi boiler pressure, 27x30" cylinders, engine weight of 308,500, tractive effort of 65,868 lb. No photographer was listed for the photo.
Photo Date:  3/31/1956  Upload Date: 8/31/2022 5:24:49 AM
Location:  Proviso, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  IC 1502(2-8-2)
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