| This same photo has been uploaded by David Larrabee but I found slightly different info on the loco. Alco-Schenectady built this massive Mallet Mogul in 1910 as B&M 1294, along with its three other sisters #1291-93. These compound Mallets were delivered to the Boston & Maine as oil-burning helpers on the Hoosac Tunnel section. Within six months, however, that portion was electrified and the quartet was sold to the Maine Central. After getting the four, Maine Central converted them to coal burners and used them on the Crawford Notch grade in New Hampshire. Specs - serial #48651, class X, 61" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 22x30" high pressure cylinders, 35x30" low pressure cylinders, engine weight of 308,000 lb, tractive effort of 58,011 lb. The loco was last of the four in the class X to be scrapped in 1934 - the others went in 1929. No date, location or photographer was listed for this older photo but Bartlett, NH, would seem to be the most likely location. |