BM 4-8-2 #4114 - Boston & Maine  Contributor's Pick!       
Another of the "Mountain" type locomotives built by Baldwin in 1941 for the Boston & Maine. Besides the number, each carried a nickname determined by a public contest. The winning name for #4144 was "Invincible". Here it sits in the Rigby Yard in Portland. Not the "centipede" wheeled tender! Specifics - class R-1, 73" drivers, 240 psi boiler pressure, 28"x31" cylinders, engine weight of 416,100 lb, tractive effort of 67,918 lb. Eventually the loco was retired between 1955-56. Unknown photographer.
Date: 7/2/1941 Location: Portland, ME   Map Show Portland on a rail map Views: 1229 Collection Of:   Gary Everhart
Locomotives: BM 4114(4-8-2)    Author:  Gary Everhart
BM 4-8-2 #4114 - Boston & Maine
Picture Categories: Roster,Yard,Steam This picture is part of album:  B&M STEAM ALBUM
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