Class 55 (Locobase 11517)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Volume 24, p. 34 and Volume 26, p. 203. Works numbers were 19390, 19405-19406 in August 1901; 19911 in December; 23503, 23512, 23558-23559 in January. 1904

Ordered by the Shreveport & Red River Valley, the last pair was actually delivered to the LR & N. The S & RRV laid a 44-mile line between Shreveport and Coushatta, La in 1898 and extended it to Alexandria and Mansura (a total of 152 miles), but it was the LR & N that completed the line to New Orleans.

56 and 61 were sold in 1924 to locomotive rebuilder/reseller Southern Iron & Equipment. 61 went to the Mississippi Export as their #203. 55 and 60 went to the Louisiana & Arkansas as their #55 and 60 in 1929, and 62-63 were scrapped in September 1929. The L & A sold 60 to Big Four Gravel in 1930. 64 and 65 show in the order book, but Locobase cannot identify them further.

Class 68 (Locobase 12851)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Volume 28, p. 153. Works numbers were 27002-27004 in December 1905; 29082-29083, 29118-29120 in September 1906.

The LR&N was organized on 9 May 1903 (and incorporated 22 June) by William Edenborn, builder of the Shreveport & Red River Valley, to consolidate that line with an extension down to New Orleans. When the latter was completed in December 1906, the new LR&N stretched 303 miles (488 km) all the way downstate from Shreveport to New Orleans.

This class used the same boiler and firebox as the Mogul engines that first were supplied to the Shreveport & Red River Valley (Locobase 11517). Taller drivers took more adhesion weight.

68 was sold by the LR&N in March 1924 to locomotive rebuilder/reseller Southern Iron & Equipment. 69-74 were scrapped after 25 years in service to LR & N and its successor, the Louisiana & Arkansas, in September 1930 and 75 in October 1934.

Class 81 (Locobase 12853)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University, Volume 40, p. 126. Works numbers were 33503-33504 in June 1909, 33525 in July.

LR&N was later merged with the Louisiana & Arkansas in 1928. Two years later, the L&A sold the 83 to Colfax Gravel Company. 81 was scrapped in March 1934. The L & A retained the 82 until June 1945 when it went to work for Gulf Asphalt.