| Floridae East Coast Railway 4-6-2 153 at Fort Lauderdale, Florida on an unknown day in February 1980, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Number 153 was built by Alco in 1922 (c/n 63262). The following is from steamlocomotive.com : Number 153 was one of a group of seven Pacific type locomotives (151-157) built by ALCO in 1922. 153 was used in service to Key West and pulled the last train to leave Key West prior to the hurricane that destroyed "The Overseas Railroad" on Labor Day, 1935. 153 also had the honor of powering Calvin Coolidge's Presidential Train in 1926. 153 was sold to the U.S. Sugar Corporation in 1938 and donated to the GCRM in 1957. It operated every Sunday in Miami from March, 1957 until November, 1966, when the railroad was forced to move to Fort Lauderdale |
