Long Island 2-4-6T
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Long Island Railroad 2-4-6T

Photo from Aarts Aarchives.

Photo also in "Steel Rails to the Sunrise", Ron Ziel, p38.

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Name   Number 56
Works No 699 Type 2-4-6T
Date 1883 Drivers 4'0"
Cylinders 14x16 Weight 40,000
Gauge 4'8 1/2"    
Later RR  

According to Art of Aarts Aarchives, this is engine number 56 delivered to the Long Island Railroad in 1883.  It is a standard gauge Mason Bogie 2-4-6-T.  According to Ziel, this engine is shown in 1883 just after it was converted to standard gauge when the Long Island leased the NY&MB RR.

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