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PM 2-8-4 #1228 - Pere Marquette |
| Description: |
This poor 2-8-4 Berkshire sat in the lined-out scrap line from its retirement in 1958 until it was finally scrapped in 1961. Built by Lima in April of 1944, PM #1228 (serial #8462, class N-2) served first the Pere Marquette Railway and then in 1947 merged onto the C&O roster but was never renumbered. Final specs - 70" drivers (upgraded from 69" in 1947), impressive 245 psi boiler pressure, 26x34" cylinders, engine weight of 442,500 lb, tractive effort of 69,350 lb. No photographer was listed for the photo. |
| Photo Date: |
11/13/1960 Upload Date: 6/10/2022 6:37:41 AM |
| Location: |
New Buffalo, MI |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
PM 1228(2-8-4) |
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218 Comments: 0 |
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Pere Marquette Scrap Line at New Buffalo, Michigan |
| Description: |
Truly a sad photo showing the massive scrap line at the former Pere Marquette yard in New Buffalo, MI. The unknown photographer listed the following PM locos in the line - 1238, 1229, 1231, 1228, 1232, and 1237. They were all written off the C&O roster (PM merged into the C&O in 1947 but these were not renumbered) but sat here until the scrapper's torch was ordered in 1961. What a massive pile of steel this line would have made! No photographer was listed for the photo. |
| Photo Date: |
11/13/1960 Upload Date: 6/10/2022 6:38:59 AM |
| Location: |
New Buffalo, MI |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
PM 1238(2-8-4) PM 1231(2-8-4) PM 1228(2-8-4) PM 1232(2-8-4) PM 1237(2-8-4) |
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441 Comments: 0 |
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