In 1938, the LT&L purchased 26 2-8-2’s for operation in the Montréal<->Ottawa corridor. These locomotives were successful (replacing most of the WW1-era decapods) and the class survived basically intact until the PV&T merger, when the railroad was dieselised out from under them.

Most of them went to scrap, but the class leader – now #344 – survives as part of the historical fleet and sees regular service pulling excursions in Quebéc and the state of Maine.

When ordered, the 344s came with short 8-wheel tenders, but as the Parsons Vale system expanded and some of the excursions became more ambitious, #344’s tender had a section spliced into the middle to increase its water capacity, plus had the original freight trucks under it replaced with 3-axle passenger trucks (from a recently retired MOW coach) to keep the axle loading down (the vastly improved ride was lagniappe and was greatly appreciated on the rare occasions when the brakeman rode in the doghouse rather than the fairly cramped cab.)

Original number	PV&T number	disposition
LT&L 200	344	excursion service
LT&L 201		wrecked & scrapped 1954
LT&L 202-206	345-349	retired 1963
LT&L 207		wrecked 1954, scrapped 1962
LT&L 208-211	350-353	retired 1962
TdM 1-6	354-359	retired 1963
TdM 7-16		never renumbered, retired 1962