| The once proud 2-8-0 Consolidation, SLSF #986, awaits the scrapper's torch in the scrap line at Springfield, MO. Built by Baldwin in December of 1906 (serial #29799), it was finally scrapped in September of 1950. 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 |