Chicago Rock Island & Pacific (CRIP) 5107 - Alco 4-8-4

Alco-Schenectady built this powerful 4-8-4 Northern type steam locomotive in April of 1944 as Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific #5107 (serial #71952). The loco only served for 11 years before being retired and sold for scrap in April of 1955. Specs - class 66A (R-67), oil burner, 74" drivers, impressive 270 psi boiler pressure, 26x32" cylinders, engine wt of 467,000 lb and tractive force of 67,088 lb. No date location or photographer was listed for this photo so approximates were used.