| Sadly Frisco 2-8-0 Consolidation #1223 is nearing the end of its life. The bell and headlight have already been removed while it sits in the scrap line. Built by Burnham, Wms & Co in March of 1907, it served the Frisco and is subsidiaries CSNO& P and NOTM for nearly 47 years. Specs - coal burner, 57" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 22x30" cylinders, engine weight of 198,000 lb, tractive effort of 43,300 lb. Arthur B. Johnson photo |