2-6-0 TYPE

MOGUL TYPE 2-6-0

Maine Central 2-6-0's were grouped in Class F, J, M and P having cylinder diameters of 17, 19, 19 and 20 inches, respectively. In 1902, when the last Mogul was acquired, the Maine Central owned over 50 2-6-0's. Only nine were left by 1930. The last was scrapped in 1946.

F CLASS - Only two old locomotives fell into this class. Both were scrapped by 1916.

Number 7 "Carrigain" was built for the Portland & Ogdensburg by the Portland Works in 1874. It remained in service until 1904 as Maine Central 107 and 111.

M CLASS - This class consisted of 25 locomotives built for the Maine Central and four built for predecessors. Number 247 was the last Maine Central Mogul, reported scrapped in September 1946.

Second 76 was built by Schenectady in 1894, was renumbered 232 and scrapped in 1920

227 was built by Schenectady in 1894 and scrapped in 1921.

Note the Eastman Heater car used to keep potatoes from freezing in the winter.

235 was built by Portland in 1890 and scrapped in 1916.

237 was built by Portland in 1890 and was scrapped in 1927.

It is in storage at Waterville in 1921 with the stack covered.

139, renumbered 241, was built by the Rhode Island Locomotive Works in 1891 and scrapped in 1914. It was photographed at Brunswick when new.

244 was built by Schenectady in 1894 and scrapped in 1923.

246 was built by Schenectady in 1897 and lasted until March 1943. The new boiler was applied in 1915. Photographed at Eastport in 1937.

247 was built by Schenectady in 1897. Shown with the original boiler (See next photo).

247 with an extended wagon-top boiler applied in 1914. 247 was the last Mogul to be scrapped, lasting until September 1946. Shown at Waterville in 1943.

P CLASS - This class consisted of numbers 301-319 built for the Maine Central and 320-321 acquired from predecessors. The last two P Class 2-6-0's were scrapped in October 1940. The locomotives were built with 20 inch diameter cylinders but were eventually rebuilt with 19 inch bores like the M Class engines.

302 was built as 159 by Schenectady in 1896 and scrapped in 1924.

P Class 302. Compressors are now on the left, piston rod extensions are gone and the headlight is centered.

303 was built by Schenectady in 1896 and scrapped in 1921.

Burnham Junction 1914.

306 was built by Schenectady in 1899 and scrapped in 1925.

Photographed at Rockland in 1923.

310 was built by Schenectady in 1900 and scrapped in 1925.

316 was built by Manchester locomotive Works (ALCO) and scrapped in 1930.

CLASS F 2-6-2T TYPE

Number 4 was a double-ended Mogul tank engine built by Baldwin in 1896 and scrapped in 1919. It was built for the Rumford Falls & Buckfield and acquired in 1907 with that road.