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Discussion of products from the American Locomotive Company. A web site with current Alco 251 information can be found here: Fairbanks-Morse/Alco 251.

Moderator: Alcoman

 #687618  by Schuylkill Valley
 
Hello all,
I'm seeking builder blue prints for Lackawanna No. 565 or any of her sister unites.
Here is the builder information:
DELAWARE, LACKAWANNA & WESTERN RAILROAD NO. 565
Type: 2-6-0 Mogul
Class: 10c

Builder: American Locomotive Company (Schenectady Works)
Date Built: June 2,1908
Builder's Number: 45528

Cylinders (diameter x stroke in inches): 20-1/2 x 26
Boiler Pressure (in lbs. per square inch): 200
Diameter of Drive Wheels (in inches): 63
Tractive Effort (in lbs.): 29,484

Tender Capacity:
Coal (in tons): 10
Water (in gallons): 6500

Weight on Drivers (in lbs.): 140,000; Total Weight: 161,000

I'm volunteering at Steamtown NHS. We are cosmetically restoring her and we need to make a some parts.
Ash pan, grates, lead truck journals, pivot pin , ect.

Dose any one know where I could get a set of prints or drawings ?

Thank you,
Len.
 #902439  by Alcoman
 
I would contact ALCO HISTORIC PHOTOS, Box 655, Schenectady,NY 12301

John