2-8-0 "Consolidation" Steam Locomotives in the USA

Class 15 (Locobase 13930)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University, Volume 41, p. 196. See also the Ligonier Valley Rail Road Association website at [], last accessed 8 March 2012. Works number was 33352 in April 1909.

The LVRR measured 16 miles from the coal fields north of Ligonier to the Pennsylvania Railroad junction at Latrobe in western Pennsylvania. According to the LVRA, "It also connected the rest of the world with Pennsylvania's Mountain Playground, Ligonier Valley in general, and Idlewild Park in particular." During the 3/4-century operating life that ended on 31 August 1952, the LVRR moved 32 million tons of freight (mostly stone, coal, and coke) and carried 9 million passengers.

The 15 served the Liggie from the time of its delivery to the end of its career, which ended in 1949.

Class 16 (Locobase 13931)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University, Volumes 41, p. 196; 51, p. 320; and 53, p. 387. Works numbers were 40944 in November 1913, 42630 in October 1915, and 43284 in May 1916.

Essentially repeating the design found in LVRR 15, the latter Consolidations found in the current entry had four arch tubes that accounted for an additional 27.2 sq ft of direct heating surface area. The valve gear is described as "Walschaerts Improved".