Florida East Coast 153 Explained

Florida East Coast 153
Powertype:Steam
Builder:American Locomotive Company
Serialnumber:63262
Builddate:1922
Whytetype:4-6-2
Uicclass:2′C1′ h
Driverdiameter:683NaN3
Weightondrivers:1265001NaN1
Locoweight:2040001NaN1
Tenderweight:1620001NaN1
Fueltype:Oil
Boilerpressure:1802NaN2
Firearea:47.11NaN1
Fireboxarea:1601NaN1
Superheaterarea:4401NaN1
Cylindercount:Two
Cylindersize:22x
Valvegear:Walschaerts
Valvetype:110NaN0 piston valves
Tractiveeffort:283141NaN1
Factorofadhesion:4.47
Operator:
U.S. Sugar (1940-1956)
University of Miami (1956-1966)
Operatorclass:151
Powerclass:77
Fleetnumbers:153
Retiredate:1956
1992
Restoredate:1957
Currentowner:Gold Coast Railroad Museum
Disposition:On static display, based in Miami, Florida

Florida East Coast 153 is an Florida East Coast Railway 4-6-2 ALCO steam locomotive located in Miami, Florida, USA.

History

The locomotive served on the Florida East Coast Railway from 1922 to 1938 and pulled a train carrying President Calvin Coolidge to Miami in 1928. In 1935, when it was in use on the run between Miami and Key West, No. 153 was one of the last locomotives to reach Miami before the hurricane that year destroyed the bridges to the Florida Keys.

After 1938, No. 153 was used as an industrial switcher by the United States Sugar Corporation of Clewiston, Florida. In 1956, it was donated to the University of Miami.

From March 1957 until November 1966, it operated a train called Gold Coast Special in Miami every Sunday. In 1966, it received a major overhaul, after which it was inspected and subsequently certified by the Interstate Commerce Commission.

For pulling the "rescue train" out of Marathon before the Labor Day Hurricane, #153 was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on February 21, 1985. Due to age and damage by Hurricane Andrew in 1992, it's been out of service since.[1] It is located at the Gold Coast Railroad Museum, 12400 Southwest 152nd Street, Miami, FL.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2009 . Locomotives - ALCO 4-6-2 - FEC #153 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120709194104/http://gcrm.org/fec153.aspx . July 9, 2012 . Gold Coast Railroad Museum.