Still looking good for its age, this Alco-Brooks 2-8-0 steam locomotive Consolidation served for another 12 years before being scrapped in September of 1953. Specs - serial #56557, K-8c class, 61" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 24x30" cylinders, engine weight of 219,400 lb, tractive effort of 48,200 lb. Arthur B. Johnson photo |