A rare photo, albeit poor quality, of the 1897 Schenectady built ten wheeler for the Northern Pacific Railway as class R #187, sold to the M&I as #401 in October 1916, seen here in the Northern Pacific shops area in Brainerd, MN. Specifics - R class, 63" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, cross-compound 22x26" high pressure cylinders, 34x26" low pressure cylinders, engine weight of 172,500 lb, tractive effort of 21,854 lb. |