This photo shows Frisco 2-8-0 #1212 still working the yard in Kansas City, MO. The Baldwin records show that it remained on the Frisco books until at least 3/1/1947 so it was able to serve several more years before disappearing. Specs - coal burner, 57" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 22x30" cylinders, engine weight of 198,000 lb, tractive effort of 43,300 lb. Arthur B. Johnson photo |