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MP 2-8-2 #1236 - Missouri Pacific
Title:  MP 2-8-2 #1236 - Missouri Pacific
Description:  Glistening in the sunlight is the 1911 Alco-Schenectady built Mikado-type locomotive designated as an MK-63 class unit. It had 63" drivers, developed a modest 170 psi boiler pressure, and generated an equally modest tractive effort of 50,162lb. Date is approximate. Warren W. McCleary Jr photo
Photo Date:  6/1/1930  Upload Date: 12/30/2013 6:09:13 AM
Location:  unknown, MO
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  MP 1236(2-8-2)
Views:  867   Comments: 1
MP 2-8-2 #1236 & MP 4-8-2 #5340 - Missouri Pacific
Title:  MP 2-8-2 #1236 & MP 4-8-2 #5340 - Missouri Pacific
Description:  Alco-Schenectady, 1911, MK63-1201 class, 63" drivers and produced 170 psi for its 27"x30" cylingers. Tractive effort was 40,102 lb. Second loco is MP 5340, a 1930 Alco built 4-8-2 loco. This is an R.J. Foster photo from the H. J. Stirton collection
Photo Date:  7/15/1938  Upload Date: 5/6/2014 6:35:12 AM
Location:  St Louis, MO
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  MP 1236(2-8-2) MP 5340(4-8-2)
Views:  862   Comments: 0
MP 2-8-2 #1247 - Missouri Pacific
Title:  MP 2-8-2 #1247 - Missouri Pacific
Description:  This 2-8-2 Mikado steam locomotive was originally built to be used the St Louis, Brownsville & Mexico Railway under the guardianship of MP but eventually the loco ended up on the official MP roster The loco was rebuilt sometime along the way. No record of its final disposition could be found. No date was given for the photo so an approximate one was used. Rebuilt specs - 63" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 27x30" cylinders, engine wt of 277,245 lb, tractive effort of 59,015 lb.. C.C. Grayson photo
Photo Date:  6/1/1951  Upload Date: 11/5/2023 5:13:18 AM
Location:  Brownsville, TX
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  MP 1247(2-8-2)
Views:  56   Comments: 0
MP 1423
Title:  MP 1423
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/10/1960  Upload Date: 3/17/2012 6:24:02 AM
Location:  Palestine, TX
Author:  Missouri Pacific Lines Public Relations Dept
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  MP 1423(2-8-2)
Views:  710   Comments: 0
MP 2-8-2 #1470 - Missouri Pacific
Title:  MP 2-8-2 #1470 - Missouri Pacific
Description:  This is one of the later 2-8-2 Mikados built by Alco-Schenectady in March of 1923 as Missouri Pacific #1470. It served for nearly 28 years before being scrapped ion 9/21/1954 at the North Little Rock, AR, yard. No date was give for the photo so an approxiamte one was used. Specs - coal burner never converted to oil, 63" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 27x32" cylinders, engine wt of 327,200 lb, tractive effort of 62,950 lb. C.C. Grayson photo
Photo Date:  6/1/1953  Upload Date: 11/5/2023 5:13:25 AM
Location:  Wagoner, OK
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  MP 1470(2-8-2)
Views:  61   Comments: 0
MP 2-8-2 #1483 - Missouri Pacific
Title:  MP 2-8-2 #1483 - Missouri Pacific
Description:  Bjuilt by Alco-Brooks in November of 1923, Missouri Pacific 2-8-2 Mikado #1483 served as power under the MP umbrella for the International & Great Northern subsidiary as their #1483. Eventually it was scrapped sometime in the early 1950's.No date or location was given for the photo so approximate ones were used.Specs - oil burner, 63" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 27x32" cylinders, engine wt of 330,840 lb, tractive effort of 62,950 lb. J.R. Reid photo
Photo Date:  6/1/1951  Upload Date: 11/5/2023 5:13:29 AM
Location:  unknown, MO
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  MP 1483(2-8-2)
Views:  53   Comments: 0
MP 1505
Title:  MP 1505
Description:  Date is incorrect. Photo by Glenn V. Smith
Photo Date:  2/20/2015  Upload Date: 2/20/2015 5:59:26 PM
Location:  Pueblo, CO
Author:  Glenn V. Smith
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MP 1505(2-8-2)
Views:  549   Comments: 0
MP 2-8-2 #1565 - Missouri Pacific
Title:  MP 2-8-2 #1565 - Missouri Pacific
Description:  Built by Alco-Brooks in April of 1925 long before the later EMD GP15 wore the same number came along, this heavyweight 2-8-2 Mikado and its sisters served the Missouri Pacific well into the mid-1950's. MP #1565 mae it all the way to 6/15/1951 before being scrapped at North Little Rock, Arkansas. Specifics - 63" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 27x32" cylinders, engine weight of 330,840 lb, tractive effort of 62,949 lb. Robert Graham photo
Photo Date:  6/1/1940  Upload Date: 1/26/2015 9:34:01 AM
Location:  Carthage, MO
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  MP 1565(2-8-2)
Views:  733   Comments: 1


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