| Louisiana Eastern Mikado No. 9 was built by Baldwin in 1919 as Texas & Pacific 800. It went to the Louisiana Eastern in 1953 as No. 19, and was then renumbered LERR 9, as shown here. As with most Louisiana Eastern locomotives, it was scrapped in 1963, following the death of the railroad's owner, Paulsen Spence. To read Louis Saillard's RAILFAN & RAILROAD article on the LERR visit http://meridianspeedway.weebly.com/louisiana-eastern-story.html |