Nearing its final days, this 1944 Mikado was one of only twelve built by!Lima between 1940-44 for the DTI. Specifics - class 800, 63" diameter drivers, 23" x 30" cylinders, a 260 psi boiler pressure, they exerted 55,671 pounds of tractive effort and each weighed 369,500 pounds, 8 wheel tenders. All were scrapped between 1953-56. Paul W. Prescott photo |