E.J. Lavino and Company 3

E.J. Lavino and Company No. 3 is an inoperable steam locomotive preserved at Steamtown National Historic Site. It was built by the American Locomotive Company in 1927 as Poland Springs Railroad No. 2. No record exists that the locomotive was ever delivered to Poland Springs. In any case, it is known to have been sold to the E.J. Lavino Steel Company of Sheridan, Pennsylvania sometime by 1949. In 1966, the locomotive was donated to F. Nelson Blount and Steamtown, U.S.A. in Bellows Falls, Vermont in 1966. A sister 0-6-0ST, E.J. Lavino and Company 10, is at the Pacific Southwest Railway Museum.

E.J. Lavino and Company #3 on display at Steamtown USA, Bellows Falls, VT, C.1974

E. J. Lavino and Company 3
The locomotive after 1995
Type and origin Power type Steam Builder American Locomotive Company Serial number 67536 Build date August 1927
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 0-6-0ST  • UIC C n2t Gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Driver dia. 44 in (1.118 m) Wheelbase 10 ft 2 in (3.10 m) Loco weight 107,000 lb (48.5 tonnes) Fuel type Sub-bituminous coal Fuel capacity 2,000 lb (907 kg) Water cap 1,500 US gal (5,700 l; 1,200 imp gal) Firebox:  • Firegrate area 18.2 sq ft (1.69 m2) Boiler pressure 180 lbf/in2 (1.24 MPa) Cylinders Two, outside Cylinder size 16 in × 24 in (406 mm × 610 mm) Valve gear Stephenson Valve type Slide valves
Performance figures Tractive effort 21,400 lbf (95.2 kN)
Career Operators E. J. Lavino and Company Numbers 3 Current owner Steamtown National Historic Site Disposition displayed at Steamtown

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