ATSF 2-8-2 #3234 - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe  Contributor's Pick!       
Sitting on a siding at the Grand Canyon, this 1919 Baldwin Mikado shines in the afternoon sun but ready to run again. It was a class 3160 with 63" drivers and could generate a respectable 200 pis boiler pressure for its 27"x32" cylinders.The engine weight topped out at 384,400 lb and it could produce a tractive effort of 62,949 lb,.. The class was retired and scrapped between 1950-55. No photographer was identified.
Date: 2/7/1940 Location: Grand Canyon, AZ Views: 1162 Collection Of:   Gary Everhart
Author:  Gary Everhart
ATSF 2-8-2 #3234 - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Picture Categories: Roster,Steam,Action This picture is part of album:  ATSF STEAM ALBUM
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