LAST - Steam Engine built by the Lima Locomotive Works, Lima OH
Posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member Web-ling
N 40° 44.291 W 084° 05.352
16T E 745784 N 4513769
The last steam locomotive built in Lima, Ohio.
Waymark Code: WM774R
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 09/12/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member kJfishman
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Lima, Ohio was once famous for the Lima Locomotive Works. This class S3 2-8-4 Berkshire, NKP 779, was the very last steam locomotive ever built there.

It was built in 1949 by the Lima Locomotive Works for the Nickel Plate Railroad. The tender carried 44,000 pounds of coal and 22,000 gallons of water. It was retired in 1958, after logging 677,095 miles.
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