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Owner: Long Island Rail Road Company
Model:Alco 2-8-0Built As:PRR 8239 (2-8-0)
Serial Number:55765Order No:B-1391
Frame Number:26X28 cylinders, 62" driversBuilt:4/1916
Notes:Brooks 04/1916 as PRR 8239, sold to LI in 1929, retired 10/1955
Other locos with this serial:  LI 111(2-8-0)
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LI 2-8-0 #111 - Long Island RR
Title:  LI 2-8-0 #111 - Long Island RR
Description:  Nice shot of Long Island RR 2-8-0 Consolidation #111 sitting in the Morris Park Shops area in Queens, NY. Built by Alco Brooks in April of 1916 originally as PRR 2-8-0 #8239 (serial #55765, class H10s), it was later sold in May of 1929 to the Long Island RR as their #111. The loco was finally retired and perseumedly scraped in October of 1955 after a service record to both the PRR and LIRR of 39 years. Original specs - 62" drivers, 205 psi boiler pressure, 26x28" cylinders, engine wt of 247,500 lb and tractive effort of 53,197 lb. No photographer was listed for the photo.
Photo Date:  6/1/1935  Upload Date: 7/30/2025 8:33:31 AM
Location:  Morris Park, NY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  LI 111(2-8-0)
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