| Sitting in an unidentified yard with a head of steam built up is this Baldwin 2-8-2 Mikado, RDG #1736. It was delivered to the Reading in February of 1916. Specs - serial #42939, M1-sb class, 55" drivers, 215 psi boiler pressure, 24x32" cylinders, engine weight of 332,225 lb, tractive effort of 60,693 lb. All of the M1 classes were gone by1950. No actual location, date or photographer was listed for the photo. |