| With the tender loaded with coal and an engineer ready to roll, this 2-8-2 Mikado is ready for another day's assignment. Built by the Montreal Locomotive Works in August of 1913 originally as CP 5047, it was one of the last in its class to be retired and scrapped in August of 1961. Specs - serial #52734, class P1e, 63" drivers, 190 psi boiler pressure, 23x32" cylinders, engine weight of 280,000 lb, tractive effort of 43,395 lb. No date or location was given for the photo. J.R. Quinn photographer |