MP 2-8-4 #1908 - Missouri Pacific  Contributor's Pick!       
This 1930 Lima built locomotive had 63" drivers and could generate a boiler pressure of 240 psi to deliver to its 28"x30" cylinders. The engine was a hefty 412,000 lb and it could produce a tractive effort of 76,160 lb. It was converted to a 4-8-4 configuration with 75" drivers sometime between 1940-42. Date and location are approximations. No photographer listed.
Date: 6/1/1939 Location: unknown, MO Views: 871 Collection Of:   Gary Everhart
Locomotives: MP 1908(2-8-4)    Author:  Gary Everhart
MP 2-8-4 #1908 - Missouri Pacific
Picture Categories: Roster,Steam,Action This picture is part of album:  MP STEAM ALBUM
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Robert Farkas General RARE! I never knew the MP had Berkshires. 5/7/2014 9:31:04 PM

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