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SP M-6 No 1765
(INSTRUCTIONS COMING SOON!) My Lego model of a Southern Pacific M-6 class of 2-6-0. The M-6s on the Southern Pacific were fondly known as "Valley Mallets" for their pulling power in the California valleys. I have specifically chosen to model 1765, which is one of 3 remaining M-6 locomotives (not to be confused with the M-6a class, such as 1785). 1765 was built in 1902 by Baldwin locomotive works as a Vauclain compound but was later converted to a conventional steam locomotive in 1912, and then superheated in 1919 by the SP. 1765 ran between Los Angeles and San Bernardino, and had its last overhaul done in 1953. It was retired in 1958, and sold two years later for scrap to the National Metals Company on Terminal Island. It remained there until it was purchased by Irene Lewis in 1966 for display at the Lomita Railroad Museum, where it remains to this day. (Nos. 1744 & 1727 versions coming soon!)
SP M-6 No 1765
(INSTRUCTIONS COMING SOON!) My Lego model of a Southern Pacific M-6 class of 2-6-0. The M-6s on the Southern Pacific were fondly known as "Valley Mallets" for their pulling power in the California valleys. I have specifically chosen to model 1765, which is one of 3 remaining M-6 locomotives (not to be confused with the M-6a class, such as 1785). 1765 was built in 1902 by Baldwin locomotive works as a Vauclain compound but was later converted to a conventional steam locomotive in 1912, and then superheated in 1919 by the SP. 1765 ran between Los Angeles and San Bernardino, and had its last overhaul done in 1953. It was retired in 1958, and sold two years later for scrap to the National Metals Company on Terminal Island. It remained there until it was purchased by Irene Lewis in 1966 for display at the Lomita Railroad Museum, where it remains to this day. (Nos. 1744 & 1727 versions coming soon!)