Duluth,Missabe, And Iron Range, Class "M", 2-8-2 #207
Taken Procter, Minn. May 28, 1952.
Originally #207 Duluth, Missabe and Northern Ry. Built by Baldwin, 1910, C/N 35167.
D.M.& I.R. retained #207. It was modernized with a top mounted Elesco feedwater heater, Mechanical Stoker and Superheater circa 1916. In 1930 it was simpled by replacing the 40" Low pressure cylinders on the front engine with a pair of 24" x 32" cylinders and sleeving the rear cylinders down from 26" to 24". Top mounted Air Reservoirs, and front mounted Air pumps gave the engine a much more modern appearance. Frank Kings book "Locomotives of the Duluth, Missabe, & Iron Range" has a beautiful shot of #207 in its glory on page 128. By 1952 it was waiting on a storage track at Proctor for either rebuilding or scrapping. It did not get a new lease on life. Within a year after this photo was taken, #207 met the scrappers torch.
D.M.& I.R. retained #207.
#207. specifications as rebuilt.
Cylinders = 24" x 32", Driver Dia. = 57", Steam Pressure = 200 psi.
Evaporative surface,= 5534 sq. ft., Superheater = 2480 sq. ft., Grate area= 84 sq. ft.
Wt. on Drivers = 444,650 lb. , Wt. on front truck = 17,225 lb. Wt. on trailing truck = 32,265
Engine Wt. = 448,100 lb. Tr. Force = 110,000 lb.
Tender loaded = 195,200 lb. Coal = 21 tons, Water 9,000 Gal.
Sold for scrap,1953
Specifications as built.
Cylinders = 26" & 40" x 32", Driver Dia. = 57", Wt. = 448,100 lb. Tr. Force = 91,000 lb.
Sold for scrap,1953
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