Sadly, this Alco-Brooks 2-8-0 Consolidation sits in the scrap line in Billerica, MA, yard. Built in December of 1916, it served the Boston & Maine with its efforts. Officially it was scrapped in September of 1954. Specs - serial #56556, K-8c class, 61" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 24x30" cylinders, engine weight of 219,400 lb, tractive effort of 48,200 lb. No photographer was listed for the photo. |