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By:Gary Everhart
Dates:10/31/1937 - 7/24/1956
Album Info:Nice collection of original and reprints of Minneapolis, St Paul, Sault Santie Marie Rwy 2-8-2 Mikados all built by Alco.
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SOO 2-8-2 #1012
Title:  SOO 2-8-2 #1012
Description:  This 1920 Alco-Brooks Mikado is standing in an unidentified yard with a head of steam, a tender full of coal, and ready to roll. Specifics - class L-2, 63" drivers, 170 spi boiler pressure, 28x30" cylinders, engine weight of 297,600 lb, tractive effort of 53, 947 lb. S.W. Henderson photographer.
Photo Date:  7/1/1932  Upload Date: 11/13/2015 3:26:57 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  SOO 1012(2-8-2)
Views:  556   Comments: 0
SOO 2-8-2 #1020
Title:  SOO 2-8-2 #1020
Description:  Caught in the daylight on Halloween, 1937, this 1920 Alco-Brooks built Mikado stands with a head of steam in the yard. Note the side curtains behind the fireman's window. Specifics - class L-2, 63" drivers, 170 spi boiler pressure, 28x30" cylinders, engine weight of 297,600 lb, tractive effort of 53, 947 lb. Unknown photographer
Photo Date:  10/31/1937  Upload Date: 11/13/2015 3:27:00 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  SOO 1020(2-8-2)
Views:  301   Comments: 0
SOO 2-8-2 #1011
Title:  SOO 2-8-2 #1011
Description:  This 1920 Alco-Brooks 2-8-2 Mikado worked the Soo Line well and eventually was saved from the torch and became a static display in Ladysmith, WI. Specifics - class L-2, 63" drivers, 170 psi boiler pressure, 28x30" cylinders, engine weight of 297,600 lb, tractive effort of 53, 947 lb. No date or location was given. The photo came from Tom Klinger collection
Photo Date:  6/1/1940  Upload Date: 11/13/2015 3:26:55 PM
Location:  Unknown, MN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  SOO 1011(2-8-2)
Views:  611   Comments: 0
SOO 2-8-2 #1015
Title:  SOO 2-8-2 #1015
Description:  Here is another 1920 Alco-Brooks built Mikado for the Minneapolis, St Paul, Sault Sainte Marie Rwy. Specifics - class L-2, 63" drivers, 170 spi boiler pressure, 28x30" cylinders, engine weight of 297,600 lb, tractive effort of 53, 947 lb. No date or location was given for this photo. Unknown photographer
Photo Date:  6/1/1945  Upload Date: 11/13/2015 3:26:58 PM
Location:  Unknown, MN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  SOO 1015(2-8-2)
Views:  247   Comments: 0
SOO 2-8-2 #1008
Title:  SOO 2-8-2 #1008
Description:  Built by Alco-Schenectady in 1913 for the Minneapolis, St Paul, Sault Sainte Marie Rwy, this 2-8-2 Mikado served the Soo Line well. Specifics - class L-1, 63" drivers, 170 spi boiler pressure, 28x30" cylinders, engine weight of 297,600 lb, tractive effort of 53, 947 lb. Arthur B. Johnson photo
Photo Date:  9/23/1951  Upload Date: 11/13/2015 3:26:52 PM
Location:  St Paul, MN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  SOO 1008(2-8-2)
Views:  515   Comments: 0
SOO 2-8-2 #1021
Title:  SOO 2-8-2 #1021
Description:  Good looking 1920 Alco-Brooks built Mikado sits in a row with some fellow locos, possibly the scrap line at this date in 1956. Specifics - class L-2, 63" drivers, 170 spi boiler pressure, 28x30" cylinders, engine weight of 297,600 lb, tractive effort of 53, 947 lb. R. B. Trible photo
Photo Date:  7/24/1956  Upload Date: 11/13/2015 3:27:02 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  SOO 1021(2-8-2)
Views:  336   Comments: 1


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