| This appears to be an original sepia stained Burnham, Wms & Co builder's photo of the Southern Indiana Rwy 4-6-0 ten wheeler #23. Although the date listed here is 1/1/1900 due to the limitations of the RRPA data base, the actual build date was April, 1898. The Indiana Southern Rwy was a subsidiary of the massive Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul. In 1904, it was renumbered SIRY #303 and in 1910 CTH&SE #303. The loco was absorbed into the CM&StP roster in 1923 as #2182 and reclassified as G4-f. By 1925, the loco had been purchased by Deering S.W. Rwy as their #10. Again in 1928 it was sold to an unknown party. Disposition of this loco is unknown. Original specs - serial #15890, class 21 (later G4-f), 56" drivers, 180 psi boiler pressure, 17x24" cylinders, modest engine weight of 108,000 lb, modest tractive effort of 18,950 lb. |