| Sitting with a full head of steam in the Dolton, IL, yard is this 1918 Alco-Schenectady built 2-8-2 Mikado, #1928. Specs - class N 2, 63" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 26x30" cylinders, engine wt of 292,000 lb, tractive effort of 54,779 lb. With the exception of 1930 (boiler explosion), all retired August 1949 to Augsst 1950. Harold K. Vollrath photo |