Preserved American 2-8-0 locomotive (LS&I class SC-4)
Lake Superior and Ishpeming 18
No. 18 when it operated on the Rio Grande Scenic Railroad on June 15, 2008
Type and origin
Reference:[1]
Power type
Steam
Builder
American Locomotive Company (Pittsburgh Works)
Serial number
46941
Build date
January 1910
Rebuilder
Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad
Rebuild date
1930
Specifications
Configuration:
• Whyte
2-8-0
• UIC
1'D'h
Gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Driver dia.
New: 48 in (1,200 mm) Now: 55 in (1,400 mm)
Adhesive weight
168,000 lb (76,000 kg)
Loco weight
189,360 lb (85,890 kg)
Tender weight
125,700 lb (57,000 kg)
Total weight
315,060 lb (142,910 kg)
Fuel type
New: coal Now: Fuel oil
Fuel capacity
Coal: 10.8 t (10.6 long tons; 11.9 short tons) Oil: 1,900 US gal (7,200 L; 1,600 imp gal)
Water cap.
8,700 US gal (33,000 L; 7,200 imp gal)
Boiler pressure
200 psi (1,400 kPa)
Cylinders
Two, Outside
Cylinder size
New: 20 in × 28 in (510 mm × 710 mm) Now: 22 in × 28 in (560 mm × 710 mm)
Valve gear
New: Baker Now: Walschaerts
Performance figures
Tractive effort
42,000 lbf (190,000 N)[2]
Career
Operators
Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad Grand Canyon Railway Mount Hood Railroad Rio Grande Scenic Railroad
Class
New: C-5 Now: SC-4
Numbers
LS&I 11 LS&I 18 GCRY 18 MHRR 18 SLRG 18
Retired
1962
Restored
September 17, 1989
Current owner
Steve Maguire Colebrookdale Railroad (leased operator)
Disposition
Undergoing 1,472-day inspection and overhaul
Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad No. 18 is an SC-4 class 2-8-0 “Consolidation” type steam locomotive, built by ALCO’s Pittsburgh Works in 1910 for the Lake Superior and Ishpeming (LS&I) Railroad in Upper Michigan. Originally numbered 11, the locomotive was renumbered to 18 in 1924, and it served the railroad, until it discontinued steam operations in 1962. No. 18 was subsequently sold to the Marquette and Huron Mountain tourist railroad, where it was put into storage alongside other steam locomotives.
In 1985, No. 18 was sold to the Lake States Steam Association, who made attempts to restore the locomotive to operating condition. In 1989, No. 18 was sold again to the Grand Canyon Railway (GCR). Restoration work on the locomotive was subsequently completed, and No. 18 pulled the railway’s passenger trains between Williams, Arizona and the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, until 2002.
In 2007, the locomotive was acquired by the Mount Hood Railroad in Oregon, who in turn sold it to the San Luis and Rio Grande Railroad (SLRG) in Colorado. Between 2008 and 2013, No. 18 pulled the SLRG’s tourist trains, but after the railroad filed for bankruptcy, No. 18 was put under receivership. In 2021, the locomotive was purchased by the Maguire Foundation, who reached an agreement with the Colebrookdale Railroad to eventually operate the locomotive on their line in Pennsylvania.
^Durocher (1958), p. 31
^Zahrt (2009), p. 46
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