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Owner: Southern
Model:Alco 4-6-2Built As:SOU 1231 (4-6-2)
Serial Number:37615Order No:R-71
Frame Number:24x28 cylinders, 72½" driversBuilt:8/1905
Notes:Richmond 1905, class P, scrapped 07/1953
Other locos with this serial:  SOU 1231(4-6-2)
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SOU 4-6-2 #1231 - Southern Rwy
Title:  SOU 4-6-2 #1231 - Southern Rwy
Description:  Nice example of the 1905 Alco-Richmond built 4-6-2 Pacific caught her at East St Louis, IL, yard by an unknown photographer. Specs - class P, 72 1/2" drivers, 22 psi boiler pressure, 22x28" cylinders, engine weight of 219,500 lb, tractive effort of 34,955 lb. Later the class was superheated and larger cylinders installed. All in the class were retired by 1951.
Photo Date:  6/27/1939  Upload Date: 7/10/2017 7:16:24 AM
Location:  East St Louis, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 1231(4-6-2)
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