| Here is another example of the twelve Lima Mikados built for the DTI between 1940-44, this one in 1940. Specifics - class 800, 63" diameter drivers, 23" x 30" cylinders, a 260 psi boiler pressure, they exerted 55,671 pounds of tractive effort and each weighed 369,500 pounds, 8 wheel tenders. All were scrapped between 1953-56. Paul W. Prescott photo |