At right is a photograph of M&O road number 169 -- one of a class of locomotives built by the Rogers
Locomotive Company in 1898-9, with 57" drivers, 18x26 cylinders, and weighing 129,000lbs. At least two of this
class -- the 153 and this one, the 169 -- were known to have operated on the Bay Shore. During the month of
January, 1929, the 169 was assigned to handle both freight and passenger duties on the entire line. A typical
daily routine might run as follows:
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