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This large Pacific hauled heavier trains.  The big tender contained the extra coal and water required for such a big steam locomotive.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Mikado was a powerful steam locomotive designed to pull heavy loads.  The brakeman in the shack on the tender could keep an eye on the train.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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In the final years of the steam era, steam locomotives such as this Berkshire became large, powerful, and technically advanced.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Mountain locomotive was inappropriately named on the Missouri Pacific.  The railroad's tracks ran mainly across plains and prairies.