| Good looking example of a Rogers Locomotive Works 4-8-0 twelve wheeler or "Mastodon" type steam locomotive built in 1899, just a couple years before Rogers would merge into the ALCO group. Surprisinglyu quite a few of this class lasted until WWII. Specs - serial #5549, class G-3, 55" drivers, 180 psi boiler pressure, 20x24" cylinders, engine weight of 176,000 lb, tractive effort of 35,706 lb. No date or location was given for this photo and the photo credit may be the initials "JGG."Specs - serial #5549, class G-3, 55" drivers, 180 psi boiler pressure, 20x24" cylinders, engine weighgt of 176,000 lb, tractive effort of 35,706 lb. No date or location was given for this photo and the photo credit may be the initials "JGG." |