SOO 4-8-4 #5001 - Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie RR         
Beautiful example of a Lima built 4-8-4 Northern type steam locomotive for the Soo as their #5001. Only four were built and sadly, all four were scrapped in December of 1954. Specs - serial #7754, class O-20 75" drivers, 26 x 32 cylinders, a 270 psi boiler pressure, a weight of 445,550 pounds and had a tractive effort of 66,000 pounds. Arthur B. Johnson photo
Date: 5/31/1948 Location: Minneapolis, MN   Map Show Minneapolis on a rail map Views: 659 Collection Of:   Gary Everhart
Locomotives: SOO 5001(4-8-4)    Author:  Gary Everhart
SOO 4-8-4 #5001 - Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie RR
Picture Categories: Roster,Yard,Steam This picture is part of album:  Soo 4-8-4 #5001
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Stephen Gose General Absolutely terrible, that the SOO couldn’t spare just one of these beauties.....for us in the future! 6/18/2020 1:05:16 AM

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