| This is 1944 Lima locomotive of the last Mikados in the group of twelve built by Lima between 1940-44 for the DTI and now it waits for the scrapper's torch. 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 |