The LaSalle and Bureau County Railroad Company - Locomotives
The LS&BC was known for its small fleet of Baldwin switchers. All three (#6, #8, #9) were painted in black with varying schemes of white stripes over the years. Locomotive #9 was famous (or infamous) for being repainted purple in late 1981 (or "permanganate", because it's the same color as the chemical compound Potassium Permanganate, the primary product of Carus Chemical Company, the owners and only shipper on the LS&BC at that time).
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Number |
Model |
Build Number |
Build Date |
Notes |
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6 |
VO-660 |
72828 |
January 1946 |
Bought new by LS&BC, sold to ??? in 1968 |
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8 |
S-8 |
75429 |
October 1951 |
Bought new by LS&BC, sold to ??? in ??? |
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9 |
VO-1000 |
71525 |
November 1945 |
Originally US Navy #36, bought by
LS&BC in 1968, sold to Transkentucky
Transportation Railroad in 1986, stored
non-operable in Paris, KY as of 2004 |
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Baldwin VO660 #6 LaSalle, IL 1946 Photo by Ted Schnepf
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Baldwin S8 #8 Photo by Paul Hunnell
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Baldwin VO1000 #9, LaSalle, IL 1971 Photo by Harold Vollrath
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Baldwin VO1000 #9 in the purple scheme Photo found on alt.binary.rail
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