Although the Central's L3 and L4 classes were designed as dual-service power, the older 4-8-2s of the L1 and L2 classes were primarily freight engines. A roster published in 1940 lists 300 engines in class L2 erected in 1925-1930. In August 1953 I photographed No. 2967, a representative of class L2d, in the yards at Lansing, Michigan. A 1929 product of the American Locomotive Company, No. 2967 had 25½x30-inch cylinders and 69-inch drivers, and carried a boiler pressure of 225 pounds per square inch. With a locomotive weight of 370,150 pounds she produced 60,150 pounds of tractive force, to which a booster added another 12,400 pounds. Instead of the footboard pilot common on the L1 and L2 Mohawks, which were normally restricted to freight service, No. 2967 has the "cowcatcher" pilot. This indicates that No. 2967 had seen service in Canada, on NYC's Canada Southern division, where such pilots were required.