| Nice action shot of Boston & Maine 4-6-2 Pacific #3628 getting the signal from the station master for departure with a string of passenger cars. The loco was built by Alco-Schenectady in 1911 and led a very useful life on the B&M roster. It was rebuilt and reclassified several times and also had an Elesco feedwater heater added. The loco met the scrapper's torch in May of 1953. Specs - class P-2-a (P-2-b in 12/1918, P-2-d in 7/1924), 73" drivewrs, 200psi boiler pressure, engine wt of 238,000 lb, tractive effort of 31,600 lab. No date, location or photographer was listed for the photo. |