| Chicago, Rock Isalnd & Pacific #2579 was built by Alco-Brooks in May of1918. Specs - K-60 class, 63" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 28x30" cylinders, engine wt of 332,230 lb and tractive effort of 63,467 lb. The loco was retired and sold for scrap in October of 1948 No date was given for the photo but the photographer was R. H. Carlson. |