| One of the twelve Lima Mikados built for the DTI between 1940-44, this one was delivered in 1941 and now sitting idle before being scrapped soon. 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. R. Donald Ross photo |