Nostalgia & History > KC&IAL #102

Date: 09/19/23 05:00
KC&IAL #102
Author: PVSfan

Would someone like to comment on this locomotive type or the railroad (Kansas City & Independence Air Line)?
I have nothing more than the photo itself.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/19/23 05:07 by PVSfan.

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Date: 09/19/23 06:06
Re: KC&IAL #102
Author: swaool

Well, the loco looks like a Mason Bogie (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mason_Bogie_locomotive) and I think the KC&IAL became part of the KCS.

mike woodruff
north platte ne

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Date: 09/19/23 06:30
Re: KC&IAL #102
Author: tferk

Wow, that's a gem. Have not seen a KC&IAL loco before.

Ted Ferkenhoff
Flagstaff, AZ

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Date: 09/19/23 07:40
Re: KC&IAL #102
Author: KCRW287

Areal nice old photo from KC area, I think this a part of the line that the KCS or a predecessor road had control over. It ran into Independence Mo, I don't have any dates or other info, some older KC maps show it. A google search of the KCS might show the road. KCRW287

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Date: 09/19/23 08:13
Re: KC&IAL #102
Author: santafe199

Now that I've picked my jaw up off the floor I can make a comment!! I've never heard of those reporting marks either. And I would have to guess Circa 1880s (or earlier) for a date. What a really cool piece of history... :^)

Lance/199

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Date: 09/19/23 08:43
Re: KC&IAL #102
Author: Gonut1

Those old tea pots with headlights the size of a house are fascinating. Lighting technology sure has progressed since whale oil lamps, not to mention general locomotion, couplers, brake systems, well, everything!
Gonut

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Date: 09/19/23 09:04
Re: KC&IAL #102
Author: KCRW287

here is some TT information from a 2-9-1913 KCS ETT. KCRW287 collection