| Here is Union Pacific 4-8-2 #7865 double-heading a freight train near the Cajon Pass. This is one of the last group of Alco-Brooks 4-8-2 mountain type steam locomotives built for the Union Pacific. UP #7865 was leased to the LA&SL subsidiary and served until retirement in December of 1956. Specs - serial #65685, class MT-2, A73" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 29x28" cylinders, engine weight of 338,000 lb, tractive effort of 54,838 lb. An unknown photographer took this action shot. |