Soo Line 2-8-2 Mikado type steam locomotive appears in Wisconsin.
Jim Wrinn
2-8-2
•YEARS BUILT: 1901-1949
•MANUFACTURERS: Alco, Baldwin, Lima, Canadian, Montreal, a few homemade
•OPERATED ON: Every North American railroad
•NAME: Mikado
•QUANTITY: 10,000; New York Central had almost 1,400
•BOILER PRESSURE: 190-200 psi
•KNOWN FOR: Well-designed, smooth-running engine used mostly in freight service and some in passenger service.
•STATUS: Some in museums and some are operating, including Southern Railway 4501 in Tennessee, Soo Line 1003 in Wisconsin, Grand Canyon Railway 4960 in Arizona, among others
