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CIL 2-10-2 #604 - Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville (Monon)
Title:  CIL 2-10-2 #604 - Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville (Monon)
Description:  An original photo of the 1914 Alco built 2-10-2 Santa Fe type steam locomotive loaded with coal at an unidentified location, porbably Lafayette yard area. As the Monon's fortunes declined in the late 1930s, four of the eight 2-10-2's were sold to the Tennessee RR in 1944-45 and the others were scrapped between 1941-47.CIL #604 was one sold for scrap in October of 1946. Specs - class L-1, 57" drivers, 190 psi boiler pressure, 28x30" cylinders, engine weight of 341,000 lb, tractive effort of 66,640 lb. Unknown photographe and no date or location given for the photo.
Photo Date:  6/1/1940  Upload Date: 2/1/2018 8:05:35 AM
Location:  Lafayette, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  CIL 604(2-10-2)
Views:  882   Comments: 1
CIL 2-10-2 #606 - Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville (Monon)
Title:  CIL 2-10-2 #606 - Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville (Monon)
Description:  One of only 8 Santa Fe type locomtives built by Alco for the Monon, this one built by Alco-Brooks in 1916. Specifics - L-1 class, 57" diameter drivers, 28" x 30" cylinders, a 190 psi boiler pressure, they exerted 66,640 pounds of tractive effort and each weighed 341,000 pounds. Www.SteamLocomotives.com & the Monon Technical & Historical Society lists this loco as being scrapped in 1947 but photographer T.W. Cassidy listed this photo as taken in 1948. I will be listing it with an approximate date in 1947.
Photo Date:  6/1/1947  Upload Date: 11/27/2015 6:41:05 AM
Location:  Lafayette, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  CIL 606(2-10-2)
Views:  698   Comments: 4
CI&L Class L-1 2-10-2 number 607
Title:  CI&L Class L-1 2-10-2 number 607
Description:  Monon 2-10-2 number 607 with my Great Grandfather Paul Reinert (Engineer) on the lowest step, Jim Babcock Sr. (Fireman) on the deck, and Pete Koufas, Hostler, on the ground. At South Hammond yard. Date is approximate.
Photo Date:  1/15/1937  Upload Date: 11/27/2015 8:51:29 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  CI&L
Categories:  Winter,InCab,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  CIL 607(2-10-2)
Views:  1617   Comments: 2


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