MP 2-8-2 #1565 - Missouri Pacific  Contributor's Pick!       
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
Date: 6/1/1940 Location: Carthage, MO Views: 786 Collection Of:   Gary Everhart
Author:  Gary Everhart
MP 2-8-2 #1565 - Missouri Pacific
Picture Categories: Roster,Yard,Steam This picture is part of album:  MP STEAM ALBUM
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Robert Farkas General Handsome looking locomotive. The tender doghouse makes this even more interesting. 1/26/2015 11:10:39 PM

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