| The front mounted air compressors give this massive locomotive a frightening appearance like some Cyborg contraption. Built by Alco-Schenectady in 1917 as #855, it was ideal for long coal drags in West Virginia and Kentucky. Specs - serial #57038, H-4, 56.5" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 22x32" high pressure cylinders, 35x32" low pressure cylinders, engine weight of 425,000 lb, tractive effort of 67,104 lb. No photographer listed for the photo. |