LV 2-8-0C #815 - Lehigh Valley         
Here is one of the beefier camelbacks that Lehigh Valley used in freight service and yard switching. Built by ALCo-Schenectady in May of 1907, the camelback was superheated later by Baldwin in 1916. After 38 years of service, the loco met the scrapper's torch in August of 1945. Specs - serial #42666, class M-36, 62.5 " drivers, 205 psi boiler pressure, 23x30" cylinders, engine weight of 214,900 lb, tractive effort of 44,245 lb. Unknown photographer.
Date: 10/1/1938 Location: Newark, NJ   Map Show Newark on a rail map Views: 97 Collection Of:   Gary Everhart
Locomotives: LV 815(2-8-0)    Author:  Gary Everhart
LV 2-8-0C #815 - Lehigh Valley
Picture Categories: Roster,Yard,Steam This picture is part of album:  Lehigh Valley Camelbacks - circa 1938
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