Anyone have any info on the LV 1100's?
I know there were 35 of them:
1131-1165
class J25 1/2
I found one webpage that says some of them were Alco built.
I always thought some were Sayre built, but im not absolutely sure about that.
and I just found one webpage reference that said "may have been rebuilt from older locomotives"
I thought they were all built new??
They have always been a favorite LV class of mine, very uniquely LV!
I am reading the new Herb Trice book "The Gangly Country Cousin"
the new book about the LV Auburn Division.
Mr. Trice says "As the original EC&N engines wore out and were scrapped, they were replaced by available Lehigh Valley types that met the weight restrictions imposed by the light superstructure and limiting curvature of the Elmira & Cortland branch. In 1917-1918, a dearth of lightweight engines suitable for the branch caused the Lehigh Valley to build thirty five small 4-6-0's (numbured 1131-1165 on theLV roster) A great success in branch line work, a stable of these sturdy ten-wheelers served on the Elmira & Cortland branch until the end of steam operations on the division."
This class appears in many books, especially on the branch lines. and many of them were among the last LV steam locomotives operating.
Many of them were based in Sayre.
anyone ever seen a model of one?
or a drawing?
driver size?
hmmmm..might have to consider building one!
thanks,
Scot
I know there were 35 of them:
1131-1165
class J25 1/2
I found one webpage that says some of them were Alco built.
I always thought some were Sayre built, but im not absolutely sure about that.
and I just found one webpage reference that said "may have been rebuilt from older locomotives"
I thought they were all built new??
They have always been a favorite LV class of mine, very uniquely LV!
I am reading the new Herb Trice book "The Gangly Country Cousin"
the new book about the LV Auburn Division.
Mr. Trice says "As the original EC&N engines wore out and were scrapped, they were replaced by available Lehigh Valley types that met the weight restrictions imposed by the light superstructure and limiting curvature of the Elmira & Cortland branch. In 1917-1918, a dearth of lightweight engines suitable for the branch caused the Lehigh Valley to build thirty five small 4-6-0's (numbured 1131-1165 on theLV roster) A great success in branch line work, a stable of these sturdy ten-wheelers served on the Elmira & Cortland branch until the end of steam operations on the division."
This class appears in many books, especially on the branch lines. and many of them were among the last LV steam locomotives operating.
Many of them were based in Sayre.
anyone ever seen a model of one?
or a drawing?
driver size?
hmmmm..might have to consider building one!
thanks,
Scot
