{"id":3855,"date":"2024-08-25T10:28:51","date_gmt":"2024-08-25T15:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/?p=3855"},"modified":"2024-08-25T10:28:51","modified_gmt":"2024-08-25T15:28:51","slug":"another-alm-steamer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/2024\/08\/25\/another-alm-steamer\/","title":{"rendered":"Another A&LM Steamer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

According to the website Mississippi Rails<\/em>, the Arkansas & Louisiana Missouri Railway has a history going back to 1909. The road was formed initially as the Arkansas, Louisiana & Gulf Railway. In 1915 it was reorganized as the Arkansas & Louisiana Midland Railway. In 1920 it became the Arkansas & Louisiana Missouri Railway, and in 1991 the company was sold and became the Arkansas, Louisiana & Mississippi. It thrives today under the Genesee & Wyoming umbrella.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the beginning until the late ’40s the company acquired a roster of about 14 steam locomotives. Their initial locomotive was bought new, but all others were acquired in a very used state. The #1 joined the roster in 1946, and the little ten-wheeler became the last to see operation on the road, her last run being in May of 1958. She was a 1920 product of the Baldwin Locomotive Works, built for the Texas-Mexican Railway as their #1 where she served before being sold to the A&LM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The photograph below was scanned from an old calendar that I have. With the very limited skills I have with photo editing software, I cleaned up the half-tone image the best I could, but left the “aging” as it was because I liked the look it gave. The image comes from the H.B. Wilson collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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