Lake Superior & Ishpeming #35         
Built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1916. The following is from a display on the locomotive: After 1910, most main line Consolidations were replaced by faster, more powerful locomotives. A few smaller roads continued to purchase heavy 2-8-0s for drag freight service, including the LS&I, an iron ore hauler on the south shore of Lake Superior. LS&I 35 is the heaviest and most powerful of three 2-8-0s at IRM. A steam-driven booster engine provide an additional 11,000 lbs of tractive effort to start heavy trains. Boosters were normally installed on trailing wheels; since 2-8-0s have none, LS&I 35s booster was mounted on the front tender truck, using siderods to power both axles. LS&I 35 was sold to the Marquette & Huron Mountain in 1963, to an IRM member in 1984, and to the museum the next year. Because LS&I dieselized so late, nearly a dozen of its 2-8-0s still survive, including several in service on tourist railroads.
Date: 6/6/2005 Location: Union, IL   Map Show Union on a rail map Views: 637 Collection Of:   Tim Fennell
Locomotives: LSI 35(2-8-0)    Author:  Tim Fennell
Lake Superior & Ishpeming #35
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