PRR L2s

The Pennsylvania Railroad's class L2s was a class of USRA Light Mikados originally purchased (1919) for the subsidiary Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad, and later rebuilt to Pennsylvania Railroad specifications.

History

After World War II, the Pennsylvania Railroad need a lighter 2-8-2 type steam locomotive to handle lighter freight trains on the system, especially after World War II. So, the Pennsylvania Railroad decided to get steam locomotives from the United States Railroad Administration. The L2s were in their later years, rebuilt to specifications that the Pennsylvania Railroad used on all its freight steam locomotives. (High headlamp, oval numberplate and Belpaire firebox.) After these rebuilds they looked like the Pennsylvania Railroads class L1s 2-8-2s.

Retirement

As heavier trains on the Pennsylvania Railroad became a reality, the Pennsylvania Railroad needed a heavier steam locomotive to handle a freight train on the system, so the L2s was demoted to smaller services and eventually retirement, when engines like the J1 and in later years, diesels replaced them too.

Pennsylvania Railroad locomotives

A (0-4-0):	A1 A2 A3 A4 A5s

B (0-6-0):	B1 (s) B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B8 B1 (e)

C (0-8-0):	C1 C29 C30 C31

D (4-4-0):	D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 D8 D9 D10 D11 D12 D13 D14 D15 D16 D21 D22 D23 D24 D25 D26 D30 D31 D32 D33 D34 D35 D36 D37 D38 D39 D61 "Odd D" #10003

E (4-4-2):	E1 E2 E3 E4 E5 E6 E7 E21 E22 E23 E28

F (2-6-0):	F1 F2 F3 F21 F22 F23 F24 F25 F26 F27 F30 F31 F61

G (4-6-0):	G1 G2 G3 G4 G5 G53

H (2-8-0):	H1 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6 H8 H9 H10

I (2-10-0):	I1s

J (2-6-2 and 2-10-4):	J1 J28

K (4-6-2):	K1 K2 K3s K4s K5

L (2-8-2):	L1s L2s L5 L6

M (4-8-2):	M1

N (2-10-2):	N1s N2s

O (4-4-4):	O1

P (4-6-4):	P5

Q (4-6-4-4 and 4-4-6-4):	Q1 Q2

R (4-8-4):	R1

S (6-4-4-6 and 6-8-6):	S1 S2

T (4-4-4-4):	T1

Articulated steam locomotives:	CC1s CC2s HC1s HH1s HH2s

Articulated electric locomotives:	AA1 BB1 BB2 BB3 DD1 DD2 FF1 FF2 GG1

Non-standard:	E2b E2c E3b E44