Good looking, massive brute, this locomotive is the product of Lima Locomotive Works in 1927. It was a class I-1a with 63" drivers, generating an impressive 255 psi boiler pressure for its 29"x32" cylinders. This brute weighed in at a massive 452,000 lb and could create a powerful tractive effort of 92,590 lb. No photographer listed and the day in January of 1948 is apporximate. |