Still looking good at this late date, 2-8-2 Mikado #620 would last a couple more years on the roster before being retired in July of 1950. Built by Alco-Brooks in July of 1912 originally as CM&StP #1861 (serial #51440), it was renumbered CMStP&P 620 in 1938. Specs - 63" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 26x30" cylinders, engine weight of 277,800 lb, tractive effort of 54,723 lb. Arthur B. Johnson photo |