Caught while doing some street running through Peoria, IL, this 1913 Also-Brooks 4-6-2 Pacific type locomotive is heading up a passenger train on this day. Specs - class P-40, 74" drivers, 190 psi boiler pressure, 25.5x28" cylinders, engine weight of 281,500 lb, tractive effort of 39,736 lb. The class was retired starting in the late 1930's but some lasted unitl 1952. An unknown photographer took this great action shot. |