SLSF 2-8-0 #986 - St Louis-San Francisco         
Caught here by Arthur B. Johnson while the loco was in its heyday of service, this 2-8-0 Consolidation was built by Baldwin in December of 1906 (serial #29799). It would be looking at a service record eventually of nearly 44 years before meeting the scrapper's torch in the Springfield, MO yard 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
Date: 7/22/1933 Location: Memphis, TN   Map Show Memphis on a rail map Views: 98 Collection Of:   Gary Everhart
Locomotives: SLSF 986(2-8-0)    Author:  Gary Everhart
SLSF 2-8-0 #986 - St Louis-San Francisco
Picture Categories: Roster,Yard,Steam This picture is part of album:  SLSF "Frisco" 2-8-0's #970-989
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