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DTI 2-8-4 #700 - Detroit, Toledo & Ironton
Title:  DTI 2-8-4 #700 - Detroit, Toledo & Ironton
Description:  Here is the first in the 700 class of 1935 Lima built Berkshires that served the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton, a pure muscle locomotive in every way. Specs - class 700, 63" drivers, impressive 250 psi boiler pressure, 25x30" cylinders, engine weight of 361,370 lb, tractive effort of 63,244 lb, scrapped between 1953-56. J. Bowie photo
Photo Date:  2/6/1941  Upload Date: 6/12/2015 6:38:25 AM
Location:  Springfield, OH
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  DTI 700(2-8-4)
Views:  604   Comments: 0
DTI 2-8-4 #700 - Detroit, Toledo & Ironton
Title:  DTI 2-8-4 #700 - Detroit, Toledo & Ironton
Description:  Here is another view of the 1935 Lima built Berkshire, this time with a head of steam ream to roll. Specs - class 700, 63" drivers, impressive 250 psi boiler pressure, 25x30" cylinders, engine weight of 361,370 lb, tractive effort of 63,244 lb, scrapped between 1953-56. Harold K. Vollrath photo
Photo Date:  6/1/1941  Upload Date: 6/12/2015 6:38:29 AM
Location:  Springfield, OH
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  DTI 700(2-8-4)
Views:  1012   Comments: 0
DTI 2-8-4 #701 - Detroit, Toledo & Ironton
Title:  DTI 2-8-4 #701 - Detroit, Toledo & Ironton
Description:  Here is another view of the 1935 Lima built Berkshire that served the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton line. Specs - class 700, 63" drivers, impressive 250 psi boiler pressure, 25x30" cylinders, engine weight of 361,370 lb, tractive effort of 63,244 lb, scrapped between 1953-56. J. Bowie photo
Photo Date:  10/4/1939  Upload Date: 6/12/2015 6:38:39 AM
Location:  Flat Rock, MI
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  DTI 701(2-8-4)
Views:  488   Comments: 0
DTI 2-8-4 #701 - Detroit, Toledo & Ironton
Title:  DTI 2-8-4 #701 - Detroit, Toledo & Ironton
Description:  Second Berkshire in the 700 class is #701 pictured here with a head of steam ready to roll. Specs - class 700, 63" drivers, impressive 250 psi boiler pressure, 25x30" cylinders, engine weight of 361,370 lb, tractive effort of 63,244 lb, scrapped between 1953-56. Harold K. Vollrath photo
Photo Date:  3/1/1940  Upload Date: 6/12/2015 6:38:33 AM
Location:  Springfield, OH
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  DTI 701(2-8-4)
Views:  414   Comments: 1
DTI 2-8-4 #701 - Detroit, Toledo & Ironton
Title:  DTI 2-8-4 #701 - Detroit, Toledo & Ironton
Description:  Parked next to the all important water standpipe is Berkshire #701 built by Lima in 1935. The photo was not dated so an approximate date was used. Specs - class 700, 63" drivers, impressive 250 psi boiler pressure, 25x30" cylinders, engine weight of 361,370 lb, tractive effort of 63,244 lb, scrapped between 1953-56. A. Strachan photo
Photo Date:  6/1/1950  Upload Date: 6/12/2015 6:38:36 AM
Location:  Dayton, OH
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  DTI 701(2-8-4)
Views:  383   Comments: 0
DTI 2-8-4 #701 - Detroit, Toledo & Ironton
Title:  DTI 2-8-4 #701 - Detroit, Toledo & Ironton
Description:  DTI #701 was caught sitting idle in Jackson, OH, by Paul W. Prescott in 1954. Specs - class 700, 63" drivers, impressive 250 psi boiler pressure, 25x30" cylinders, engine weight of 361,370 lb, tractive effort of 63,244 lb, scrapped between 1953-56.
Photo Date:  9/4/1954  Upload Date: 6/12/2015 6:38:43 AM
Location:  Jackson, OH
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  DTI 701(2-8-4)
Views:  1039   Comments: 0
DTI 2-8-4 #702 - Detroit, Toledo & Ironton RR
Title:  DTI 2-8-4 #702 - Detroit, Toledo & Ironton RR
Description:  Nice photo by Harold K. Vollrath of the 1935 Lima built Berkshire sitting in the Flat Rock yard by the coaling tower. Specs - class 700, 63" drivers, impressive 250 psi boiler pressure, 25x30" cylinders, engine weight of 361,370 lb, tractive effort of 63,244 lb
Photo Date:  11/1/1938  Upload Date: 1/21/2016 2:25:23 PM
Location:  Flat Rock, MI
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  DTI 702(2-8-4)
Views:  399   Comments: 2
DTI 2-8-4 #702 - Detroit, Toledo & Ironton
Title:  DTI 2-8-4 #702 - Detroit, Toledo & Ironton
Description:  Caught at the edge of the Springfield, OH, yard, DTI #702 waits before running forward into action. Specs - class 700, 63" drivers, impressive 250 psi boiler pressure, 25x30" cylinders, engine weight of 361,370 lb, tractive effort of 63,244 lb, scrapped between 1953-56. J. Bowie photo
Photo Date:  4/2/1942  Upload Date: 6/12/2015 6:38:47 AM
Location:  Springfield, OH
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  DTI 702(2-8-4)
Views:  421   Comments: 0
DTI 2-8-4 #703 - Detroit, Toledo & Ironton
Title:  DTI 2-8-4 #703 - Detroit, Toledo & Ironton
Description:  Here is the last of the 1935 Lima built Berkshires with its later class 700 sisters being built in 1939. Specs - class 700, 63" drivers, impressive 250 psi boiler pressure, 25x30" cylinders, engine weight of 361,370 lb, tractive effort of 63,244 lb, scrapped between 1953-56. Paul W. Prescott photo
Photo Date:  11/15/1953  Upload Date: 6/12/2015 6:38:51 AM
Location:  Springfield, OH
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  DTI 703(2-8-4)
Views:  467   Comments: 0
DTI 2-8-4 #704 - Detroit, Toledo & Ironton
Title:  DTI 2-8-4 #704 - Detroit, Toledo & Ironton
Description:  Still possessing its factory polish and beautiful whitewalled drivers, this Berkshire was built by the Lima Locomotive Works just 2 years before in 1939. Very similar to its earlier sisters built by Lima in 1935, this Berkshire served the DTI well until the mid-1950's. Specs - class 700, 63" drivers, impressive 250 psi boiler pressure, 25x30" cylinders, engine weight of 361,370 lb, tractive effort of 63,244 lb, scrapped between 1953-56. Harold K. Vollrath photo
Photo Date:  5/1/1941  Upload Date: 6/12/2015 6:38:56 AM
Location:  Springfield, OH
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  DTI 704(2-8-4)
Views:  935   Comments: 2
DTI 2-8-4 #704 - Detroit, Toledo & Ironton
Title:  DTI 2-8-4 #704 - Detroit, Toledo & Ironton
Description:  Here is anotehr view of posed by the all important water standpipe in the Springfield, OH, yard. Specs - class 700, 63" drivers, impressive 250 psi boiler pressure, 25x30" cylinders, engine weight of 361,370 lb, tractive effort of 63,244 lb, scrapped between 1953-56. C. C. Grayson photo
Photo Date:  10/4/1941  Upload Date: 6/12/2015 6:38:59 AM
Location:  Springfield, OH
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  DTI 704(2-8-4)
Views:  466   Comments: 0
DTI 2-8-4 #705 - Detroit, Toledo & Ironton
Title:  DTI 2-8-4 #705 - Detroit, Toledo & Ironton
Description:  1935 Lima built Berkshire #705 sits for servicing. Does anyone know if the pit and angling conveyor belt is part of the ash pit, possibly to remove ashes and cinders after cleaning? Specs - class 700, 63" drivers, impressive 250 psi boiler pressure, 25x30" cylinders, engine weight of 361,370 lb, tractive effort of 63,244 lb, scrapped between 1953-56. Harold K. Vollrath photo
Photo Date:  6/1/1950  Upload Date: 6/12/2015 6:39:03 AM
Location:  Jackson, OH
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  DTI 705(2-8-4)
Views:  614   Comments: 1
DTI 2-8-4 #705 - Detroit, Toledo & Ironton
Title:  DTI 2-8-4 #705 - Detroit, Toledo & Ironton
Description:  DTI #705 is getting close to the end of its service to the railroad. Specs - class 700, 63" drivers, impressive 250 psi boiler pressure, 25x30" cylinders, engine weight of 361,370 lb, tractive effort of 63,244 lb, scrapped between 1953-56. R. Donald Ross photo
Photo Date:  8/3/1955  Upload Date: 6/12/2015 6:39:08 AM
Location:  Flat Rock, MI
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  DTI 705(2-8-4)
Views:  448   Comments: 1


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