| Built by Alco-Brooks in April of 1911, it was originally Lake Shore & Michigan Southern #5308, then in 1915 Lake Erie & Western #5393 (serial #49509) before sliding over to the Nickel Plate roster as NKP 493. Specs - class G-16v, 63" drivers, 180 psi boiler pressure, 25x32" cylinders, engine weight of 236,730 lb, tractive effort of 48,571 lb. The loco was finally sold for scrap on May 29,1951 to US Steel Company. Howard W. Ameling photo |