Photos & Videos Photo of the Day Last duty for a PRR Mikado

Last duty for a PRR Mikado

By Angela Cotey | October 19, 2014

| Last updated on January 6, 2021


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In September 1955, workers at the Pennsylvania Railroad’s Renovo (Pa.) engine terminal prepare L1s 2-8-2 No. 8426 for service as a stationary steam supply at the road’s giant Sunnyside Yard in New York City. The Mike has been converted to oil-firing for this duty, most likely its last assignment.
Philip R. Hastings photo

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