tennessee-mikado-takes-waterhttps://www.trains.com/ctr/photos-videos/photo-of-the-day/tennessee-mikado-takes-water/Tennessee Mikado takes water | 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/2020/10/20190325.jpgInStockUSD1.001.00photo-of-the-dayphotos-videosarticleCTR2020-12-292019-03-2045913
Having gotten a full bunker of coal, Tennessee Railroad 2-8-2 No. 40 takes water from the big tank at Oneida, Tenn., in September 1954. The Mike was one of four ex-Monon engines on the coal-hauling road’s roster in this era.
Philip R. Hastings photo