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Lake Superior and Ishpeming 18

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Lake Superior and Ishpeming 18 is a steam locomotive of the 2-8-0 Consolidation type, built by the American Locomotive Company at its Pittsburg Works in January 1910 for the Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad in Upper Michigan. It was delivered as number 11 in the C-5 class, was renumbered 18 in 1924 after the railroad merged with the Munising, Marquette and Southeastern, and was rebuilt in 1930 into the improved SC-4 class, which cured the poor steaming of the original design. It served until the railroad ended steam operations in 1962. Later owners included a Michigan tourist railroad, the Lake States Steam Association, the Grand Canyon Railway, which ran it until 2002, and the San Luis and Rio Grande Railroad, before the Maguire Foundation bought it in 2021.

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Year
1910 1
Propulsion
Coal 1
Propulsion
Fuel oil 1
Engine Class
Steam 1
Status
Surviving 1
Comparison
Body Style
Steam Locomotive 1
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built by the American Locomotive Company's (ALCO) Pittsburg Works in January 1910

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for the Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad (LS&I) in Upper Michigan
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1. Lake Superior and Ishpeming 18 (Wikipedia)
  • Lead, build date
    built by the American Locomotive Company's (ALCO) Pittsburg Works in January 1910
  • Lead, locomotive type
    is an SC-4 class 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type steam locomotive, built by the American Locomotive Company's (ALCO) Pittsburg Works in January 1910
  • Grand Canyon Railway ownership, fuel
    since the locomotive had to be converted from coal to oil firing
  • Grand Canyon Railway ownership, oil firing
    an oil tank had to be constructed and fabricated into the tender
  • Lead, current owner
    In 2021, the locomotive was purchased by the Maguire Foundation
  • Lead, builder
    built by the American Locomotive Company's (ALCO) Pittsburg Works in January 1910
  • Lead, original owner
    for the Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad (LS&I) in Upper Michigan
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