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MONON Trains => Steam Locomotives => Topic started by: Eric Reinert on May 02, 2014, 02:41:09 pm

Title: P&WV Mikado: Former Monon J-1 526
Post by: Eric Reinert on May 02, 2014, 02:41:09 pm

I've had some luck lately finding recently posted pictures of former Monon steam locomotives. Here is my latest find: Pittsburgh & West Virginia 2-8-2 #1010. According to the caption from the P&WV Historical society site 1010 was their only former Monon engine (CI&L 526). It must have toiled under #526 for a time but got renumbered at some point. These photos date from 1946 and 1950. I wonder why every road immediately changed the stack on these engines...? I guess that's easy to do: Loosen a few bolts and bingo. She does still have her original cab and appliances so, like the P&S engines, it retained more of it's original look than the Soo engines after their sale.

First photo caption: "8/3/1946 Helper East at West Liberty, Train #92". George Patterson collection.

Second photo caption: "May 1950, W&LE M1 2-8-2 #6008 comes highballing out of Coen's tunnel at Mingo, Ohio with P&WV train 1st #92 and meets X-1010 with ex Monon 2-8-2 in charge". *JJ Young Jr. photo.

Eric Reinert

Title: Re: P&WV Mikado: Former Monon J-1 526
Post by: George Lortz on May 03, 2014, 12:51:19 pm

Eric,

Again, thanks for posting these.  I've never seen a photo of this locomotive.

George L.

Title: Re: P&WV Mikado: Former Monon J-1 526
Post by: Eric Reinert on December 20, 2015, 10:29:38 pm

Another photo I found on the Pittsburgh & West Virginia site of P&WV 1010, former CI&L 526.

Eric

Title: Re: P&WV Mikado: Former Monon J-1 526
Post by: Eric Reinert on January 24, 2024, 05:38:31 pm

Yet another shot of P&WV 1010 from the Lake States Archive site.

https://www.lakestatesarchive.org/William-A-Raia-Collection/Shortlines/Pittsburgh-West-Virginia/i-Q4hBBWd