Sitting in the dead/scrap line is ATSF 2-8-0 built by the Dickson Manufacturing Company of Scranton, PA in 1898 (serial #984, class 709). The loco was later renumbered 970. Specs - 57" drivers, 180 psi boiler pressure, 21x26" cylinders, engine weight of 151,500 lb, modest tractive effort of 33,145 lb. Disposition unknown. Arthur B. Johnson photo |