By the end of the month of June, this 2-8-0 Consolidation will be a pile of scrap metal in the Springfield, MO yard. Built by Baldwin in December of 1906 (serial #29800), it served faithfully for nearly 42 years before being scrapped. Specs - 55" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 21x28" cylinders, engine weight of 181,500 lb, tractive effort of 38,160 lb. Arthur B. Johnson photo |