| Beautiful original photo by P.F. Johnson of the beefy 4-8-4 Northern style locomotive #202 built by Baldwin in October of 1937. These class S-2s operated mostly as freight haulers from Bensenville (West Milwaukee) to Council Bluffs, Iowa or St. Paul, Minn. Occasionally they'd hook up to the westbound Olympian if it trailed more than twelve cars. This loco lasted until being scrapped in December of 1954 after only 17 years of service. The diesel erra pushed it out. Specs - S-2 class, 74" drivers, impressive 285 psi boiler pressure, 26x32" cylinders, thermic syphon, engine wt 490,450 lb, tractive effort of 70,816 lb. P. F. Johnson photo |