| Ready with a head of steam is this 1924 Alco-Schenectady built Mikado, a class H-10b loco that originally bore the number #346. It moved over to the Big Four list in 1926 and back to the NYC in 1936 and renumbered to NYC 2386. Specs - serial #65588, 63" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 28x30" cylinders, engine weight of 337,000 lb, tractive effort of 63,470 lb, booster added another 11,000 lb. It was retired in May of 1952 and scrapped in November, 1953. The date was listed as just 1938 on the photo. Unknown photographer |