Frisco Mikado Steam Locomotive
Makes First Revenue Run!!
On Thursday the first revenue trip was made to the mainline junction.
"Miss Calico" has just passed her hometown station bringing her coal
train home. The Frisco U36B 8572 diesel locomotive and an outside
brace boxcar accompanied the Mikado locomotive to the mainline
junction and back. This picture was take by a newspaper photographer
sitting on top of the Main Street railroad crossing signal.
Morris Helicopter Service provided air coverage to the
local newspaper. This photographer took this picture while
chasing the Mikado with her first coal train.
The second picture in this series shows the top of the
4100 coal tender. The photographer caught the first 10 feet
of the air intake of the 8572 U36B. If you look real close,
you can see the fire box glow on the top of the rail between
the locomotive and tender.
"Miss Calico" and her consist round the curve preparing
for the delivery. When the coal train is delivered, the
locomotive lash up will move back to the service yard for the day.
Congratulation on a job well done.