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Owner: Louisville & Nashville
Model:BLW 4-8-2Built As:Builder Info (Unavailable )
Serial Number:61552Order No:
Frame Number: Built:
Notes:10/1930, nee-421, class L-1, scrapped in 1950's
Other locos with this serial:  LN 483(4-8-2)
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LN 4-8-2 #483 - Louisville & Nashville
Title:  LN 4-8-2 #483 - Louisville & Nashville
Description:  Interesting photo with the tender wearing the new number $483 while the headlight still has the original #421. Built by Baldwin in October of 1930, the renumbering took place in 1953. The date was given as 6/9/1950 which might be incorrect or the renumbering took place in 1950 or it wore both numbers. Specs - serial #61552, class L-1, 69" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 27x30" cylinders, engine weight of 337,730 lb, tractive effort of 53,883 lb.The loco was scrapped sometime in the 1950's as the L&N dieselized. Webb photo
Photo Date:  6/1/1953  Upload Date: 8/28/2020 12:00:02 PM
Location:  Bowling Green, KY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  LN 483(4-8-2)
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