ALCO 71974

American Locomotive Company serial number 71974
Built: June 1944, Schenectady (NY) Works
Sold to: Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul & Pacific
Road number: 261
Class: S3
Wheel arrangement: 4-8-4
Driver diameter: 74"
Cylinder bore: 26"
Piston stroke: 32"
Boiler pressure: 250 psi
Length with tender: 110'
Height: 15' 6"
Width: 11'
Weight: 460,000 lbs
Tractive effort: 62,119 lbs
Maximum horsepower: 4500
Maximum speed: 100 mph
Brakes: Westinghouse 26NL
Other appliances: Roller bearings on all axles, Walschaerts valve gear, Nathan automatic lubricators, GSC cast steel frame, ALCO lateral-motion driving boxes, Franklin adjustable bearing wedges, firebox circulators and bottom vents, air horn, red Mars light, power reverse, drop coupler, ALCO precision stoker, jacketed smokebox, vestibule cab.

Camera: Canon AE-1 Program (35mm SLR)
Lens: Makinon f4.5/200mm zoom-telephoto
Film: Kodak Gold (ASA 100)
Exposure: 1/15 @ f11
Date: 21 June 2006
Negative #TCM-6
Contrast-adjusted, framed, and captioned using Adobe PhotoShop &