Photos & Videos Photo of the Day Midwest Mikado

Midwest Mikado

By Faith Finfrock | September 16, 2020

| Last updated on December 16, 2020

Minneapolis & St. Louis Mikado No. 627, a 1921 Alco (Brooks) locomotive, charges toward Peoria with a hot freight in a publicity photo.

Photo by Minneapolis & St. Louis

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