mikado-at-monticello-minnhttps://www.trains.com/ctr/photos-videos/photo-of-the-day/mikado-at-monticello-minn/Mikado at Monticello, Minn. | Classic Trains MagazineClassic Trains magazine celebrates the 'golden years of railroading' including the North American railroad scene from the late 1920s to the late 1970s. Giant steam locomotives, colorful streamliners, great passenger trains, passenger terminals, timeworn railroad cabooses, recollections of railroaders and train-watchers.https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20190110.jpgInStockUSD1.001.00photo-of-the-dayphotos-videosarticleCTR2023-10-162024-01-0545858
Great Northern class O-8 2-8-2 3393 approaches the depot at Monticello, Minn., in September 1954. The big Mikado is heading west with a caboose to pick up another train of grain for Minneapolis.
Philip R. Hastings photo