Here is another ALCo-Brooks 4-6-2 Pacific built for the Illinois Central in April of 1918 as IC #1177. The loco served nearly 34 years before being scrapped in December of 1952. Rebuilt specs - 75.5" drivers, 215 psi boiler pressure, 26x28" cylinders, engine weight of 285,500 lb, tractive effort of 48,511 lb. R.H. Carlson photo |