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Pennsy Mike in Appalachia

By Faith Finfrock | August 5, 2025

Interstate Railroad 2-8-2 No. 15, a former Pennsylvania Railroad L1s Mikado, makes a smoky departure from IRR’s yard at Andover, Va., in May 1952.
Photo by Ed Theisinger

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