Toledo, Peoria & Western No. 80

Toledo, Peoria & Western No. 80 was a 4-8-4 Northern type steam locomotive built by the American Locomotive Company in 1937. It was part of the class of the lightest Northern types in North America.
==History==
No. 80 was delivered to the TP&W in January 1937. It was the first of six H10 class Northern types built for the TP&W. The H10s were the railroad's only 4-8-4s. No. 80 and the other five H10s were designed for high speed freight service between Keokuk, IA and Effner, IN, specifically the TP&W's popular reefer trains that transported perishable goods.
The H10s were noted as being the lightest 4-8-4s in North America, weighing in at a mere 381,000 pounds as opposed to other Northerns that weighed up to 900,000 pounds. The locomotives rode on 69-inch drivers and had a top speed of 80 miles an hour, however that speed was rarely reached if at all, as the TP&W's maximum speed limit was 50 miles an hour.
In 1947, the TP&W acquired its first diesel locomotives and quickly retired all of its steam power. No. 80 pulled the last steam powered train on the TP&W on October 14, 1950 and was subsequently sent to Keystone Steel & Wire in Peoria, IL with the rest of the TP&W steam locomotives for scrapping.
Pieces of No. 80 and the other H10s such as builder plates, bells, and headlights were saved by a KS&W employee and survive in private railfan collections today.
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