| Beautiful example of long and powerful Baldwin 4-8-2 "Mountain" type steam locomotive. Built in October of 1923, one noted railroad authority (Drury) noted that these locomotives in the class "were successful passenger-haulers and were considered by many to have the best-looking Great Northern engine class". Specs - class P-2, serial #57345,coal burner rather than oil, 73" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 29x28" cylinders, engine weight of 357,000 lb, tractive effort of 54,838 lb. No date or location was given for the photo so approximates were used. S.R. Wood photo |