The L-2a class of 100 members was unusual among NYC locomotives in being one of the few groups to keep its original numbers from delivery until retirement. No. 2728 appears here at Selkirk, New York in 1940, in an image provided by Wayne Koch. This locomotive came from the builder early in 1926, and was retired and sold for scrap in 1952. Specifications of the L-2a subclass were similar to those of the L-2c group, as shown for Nos. 2811 and 2886 following, but the L-2a group weighed 363,400 pounds.