Class 100/311/500 (Locobase 7156)

Data from the C&EI 11 - 1911 Locomotive Diagram book supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive Rail Data Exchange. Works numbers were 3860, 3864 in December 1887.

When the E&TH merged into the Chicago & Eastern Illinois in 1911, these two aging medium-sized Moguls were renumbered 500-501. They were scrapped in 1916.

Class 102/313/502 (Locobase 7157)

Data from the C&EI 11 - 1911 Locomotive Diagram book supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive Rail Data Exchange. Works numbers were 2331-2334 in January 1890.

Like the two Rogers Moguls described in Locobase 7159, this quartet was operated by the Chicago & Eastern Illinois. The design reflected the then-standard narrow-firebox placement between the bar frames as well as the typical cylinder volume.

All were dismantled and scrapped in 1916-1917.

Class 109/509/320 (Locobase 7159)

Data from the C&EI 11 -1911 Locomotive Diagram book supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive Rail Data Exchange. See also []. Works numbers were 4516-4517 in June 1891.

The E&TH joined three other Evansville, Indiana based railroads in 1885 to consolidate all four in a single corporate structure. The E&TH was described as having "a much straighter line" between the two named cities.

Six years later, the E&TH added this Mogul pair. Delivered just a year later than the Rhode Island engines described in Locobase 7157, they offered larger cylinder volumes and a wider firebox with a 40% greater grate area.

Operated by the Chicago & Eastern Illinois railroad, they served for 26 years before being scrapped in December 1917.

Class 3/M-19 (Locobase 7118)

Data from C&EI 6 - 1904 locomotive diagram book supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive Rail Data Exchange. See also DeGolyer, Volume 19, p. 185. Works numbers were 14164-14165 in November 1894.

The diagram shows a long-boilered Mogul of typical dimensions for the time. The Chicago & Eastern Illinois assumed control of the CP&M in February 1897 and the 3-4 became the 28-29.

28 was sold to A L Clark Lumber in April 1907. By 1910 it had been sold to Nashville Lumber Company's (of Nashville, Ark) Memphis, Paris & Gulf as their 31.The MP&G became the Memphis, Dallas & Gulf and the 31 was renumbered 400. In August 1922, the 400 went to the Graysonia, Nashville & Ashdown in Arkansas.

29 was renumbered and reclassed in 1911. At that time, it trailed a tender holding 2,830 US gallons (10,712 litres) of water and 8 tons (7.27 metric tons) of coal. The 322 was sold for scrap in 1913.

Class 30 (Locobase 7119)

Data from the C&EI 6 - 1904 Locomotive Diagram book supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive Rail Data Exchange. See also "Johnston City History" on the Williamson County Illinois Historical Society website at Hinkley production data is incomplete, but several sources identify works numbers 1315 (road 30 in January 1880) and 1478-1482 in January 1882 (road 38-42).

Hinkley's contribution to the C&EI's Mogul holding came early and in surprising strength. The entire class came to the railroad through a July 1881 agreement with the Chicago Car & Trust. Compared to other 2-6-0s of the time, these had relatively small boilers, but a good supply of direct heating surface.

30,33, and 40 went to Johnston Brothers & Faught in April 1898. The company, composed of Ben F and PM Johnston of St Elmo, Ill and Faught of Alton, managed the construction of the Altamont to Marion along the line between Herrin and Lake Creek townships.as part of the Chicago, Paducah, and Memphis railroad. Construction had begun in 1894. Williamson County's Johnston City, about 15 miles northeast of Carbondale, was named for the brothers.

Locomotive builder JT Gardner bought the 31 and 43 in July 1898 and sold them to the Escanaba & Lake Superior in the same months; their new road numbers 1-2 suggests they opened the E&LS's roster.

Class 46/M-17 (3), M-16 (1) (Locobase 7154)

Data from C&EI 11 - 1911 Locomotive Diagram book supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive Rail Data Exchange.

These began their careers as the 2-6-6T tank engines (Locobase 7120) that arrived on the C&EI in 1892-1893. When the railway began using the then-new Lasalle Street Station, the suburban tanks were surplus and the road began rebuilding them as these Moguls. 46 and 48 were converted in 1897, 47 in 1904, and 49 in 1907.

Class 66 (Locobase 7123)

Data from the C&EI 6 - 1904 Locomotive Diagram book supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive Rail Data Exchange. Works numbers were 1684-1688 in 1887.

Seven years after the first big Hinkley sale to the C&EI (Locobase 7119), the company supplied these Moguls. A bit larger than the earlier batch, they followed much of the same lines and presented a long wheelbase for the size of the boiler.

At some point, the shops rebushed 66-68 and 70 cylinders to a diameter of 17 1/2" (445 mm)..67 and 69 went to second owners in August and September 1901 via different routes. The C&EI sold the 67 directly to the Illinois Southern as their #8.

Locomotive rebuilder/reseller Southern Iron & Equipment bought the 69, assigned stock #80, and sold it for $3,800 in September 1902 to the Carolina & Northwestern as their #230. This apparently durable engine was sold to locomotive rebuilder/reseller Georgia Car & Locomotive and took stock #243. GC&L sold it in July 1917 to Desha Lumber of Lake Providence, Louisiana as their 39. Desha moved the 39 to Mark H Brown Lumber of the same town in April 1925.

Class 71/310 (Locobase 7124)

Data from the C&EI 6 - 1904 Locomotive Diagram book supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive Rail Data Exchange. See also DeGolyer, Volume 14, p. 137Works numbers were 9203-9204 in April 1888; 9238, 9241 9244, 9247 in May.

A year after Hinkley sold its second group of Moguls (Locobase 7123) to the C&EI, Baldwin contributed a sextet built to the same specs. The only difference was slightly shorter boiler tubes, which accounts for the small difference in heating surface area. Otherwise, they were identical.

A photograph in the Willard LibraryRail Data Exchange -- [] (accessed 25 Nov 2005) of #72 shows the widespread driving axle layout, long, slender boiler, and a front truck wheel that has an odd spoke design. The spokes curve to the left as they run out from the hub and create the illusion of petals.

73 and 75 left the railroad in September 1901. The C&EI sold the 71 and 76 to locomotive broker AC Torbert in September 1908 (71 & 76). Robinson Land and Lumber of Chicora, Mississippi bought the 71as their #8 in the same month as did Home Coal Inc. AC Tolbert bought the 72 in September 1908 and found a buyer in the Texas State Railroad, where it took road #4..

Class 87/M-17 (Locobase 7155)

Data from C&EI 11 - 1911 Locomotive Diagram book supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive Rail Data Exchange. Works numbers were 3348-3350 in January 1891, 3373-3374 in April.

This quintet of Moguls were the last of that wheel arrangement to be bought by the C&EI. Compared to the earlier Hinkley and Baldwin batches, they used bigger fireboxes and broader grates.

Most likely well-suited to local freight work, the class endured through a 1911 road number change. The ferro-knacker procured ll but the 308 in 1913. The 308 remained on the roster until December 1920.

Class 92/323 (Locobase 7160)

Data from C&EI 11 - 1911 Locomotive Diagram book supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive Rail Data Exchange. Works numbers were 3746-3749 in April 1892, 3988-3991 in December, 4006-4013 in February 1893.

Among all the small classes of Moguls -- two-three locomotives with similar specs -- the C&EI fielded this relatively numerous group. The profile is a little odd -- the firebox is still quite narrow (32 1/2" wide) but it sits over the rear two driving axles rather than between them; even so, the last two driving axles were nine feet apart as opposed to the seven-foot gap between the first and second. The steam dome was moved forward to sit over the first set of drivers, which elongated the boiler crown and shortened the first course behind the stack.

Five of the sixteen--323, 328-330, 332--were scrapped in 1917, 331 in October 1918, 333 in October 1920, and the rest in December 1920.

Class F-2 (Locobase 7158)

Data from the C&EI 11 - 1911 Locomotive Diagram book supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive Rail Data Exchange. Works numbers were 2117-2119 in June 1891.

This trio of Moguls started out on the E&TH where they presented a good study in 1890s 2-6-0 design with the added feature of triple-paned cab windows. See the photo in Evansville, IN Willard Library photo -- [] (accessed 25 Nov 2005).

In the next decade, the E & TH was taken over by the Chicago & Eastern Illinois, which renumbered these engines twice before their retirement.