HO P4 SF 4000 Class 2-8-2 #4025 w/Switching Pilot DC/DCC

The first Mikado type
locomotives on the ATSF came from the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1902
and 1903. They were assigned road numbers 885 through 899. These 2-8-2s
were Vauclain compounds with a wide firebox, which extended over the
rear wheels. They were converted to simple locomotives in 1908 and saw
service for the next four decades. In 1913, the next group of Mikados
was purchased from Baldwin. This group was assigned road numbers 3100
through 3128. They had the same basic design as the converted
locomotives of 1908, which included 57 diameter drivers, 25 x 32
cylinders, a 170 psi boiler pressure and a tractive effort of 50,700
pounds.

In 1916 more
2-8-2s arrived, when Baldwin delivered a group of thirty, which were
given road numbers 3129 through 3158. These locomotives had 57 diameter
drivers, 25 x 32 cylinders, a 200 psi boiler pressure and they exerted
56,650 pounds of tractive effort.

Between 1917
and 1920, the AT&SF received a total of 128 more Mikados. The
locomotives of this group were assigned road numbers 3160 through 3287
and were about 20 tons heavier than the earlier ones. They had 63
diameter drivers, 27 x 32 cylinders, a 200 psi boiler pressure and they
exerted 62, 950 pounds of tractive effort. The last group of new 2-8-2s
to be added to the roster was a group of 101 built by Baldwin between
1921 and 1926. This group, road numbers 4000 through 4100 had the same
specifications as the 3160-3287 locomotives and represents the set of
Mikados Broadway Limited is producing.

There are two
surviving AT&SF 2-8-2 Mikado type locomotives. These two
locomotives (numbers 3167 and 4076) were lost in a flood in 1952 and
are now sunk in the Kaw River in Topeka, KS. — Adapted from
steamlocomotive.com