NOTE: With the exception of numbering, these models were not designed with re-texturing in mind so repaints will be difficult if not impossible to accomplish. Textures created using MS Paint and Photoshop Elements 6.0, and converted to. Post Processing of shape file performed with Shapefixer File Version 0.1.0.39 by Paul Gausden. Locomotive and Tender models created in 3DCrafter Professional Edition, Version 9.1.1 (Build 1256). She was donated to the Western Railway Museum in Rio vista, CA The last steam locomotive on WP property. All were equipped withĮlesco feedwater heaters, supplemental front air reservoirs, boosters, and were oil burners.Īll were retired and scrapped by 1953, with the exception of #334 which has the distinction of being #334 and #335 were from the last batch of 5 delivered by Alco-Schenectady in 1929. #324 was retired in 1950 and all Mikados of this class were retired Passenger trains between Oroville and Portola, CA. For a time engines from this group regularly handled the Scenic Limited and Exposition Flyer These were the first Mikados supplied to the WP with boosters,īut they didn't have Elesco feedwater heaters or supplemental front air reservoirs added until the late 1920's. #324 is from the 5th batch ordered from Alco-Dunkirk in 1924. #318 was retired in 1951, and all of this class were retired and scrapped by 1952. All locomotives of this group were oil burners. This batch featured Hodge trailing trucks, no boosters,Īnd did not originally have Elesco feedwater heaters or supplemental front air reservoirs. #318 is from the 4th batch ordered in Alco-Dunkirk in 1923. The Western Pacific purchased number of Mikados in several batches from 1918 to 1929. 'Western Pacific Steam Locomotives, Passenger Trains, and Cars'īy Guy L. 'Steam Locomotives of the Western Pacific' by Stephen M. The following historical and technical information is derived from the books These models have been constructed to represent how these engines would have appeared MSTS WESTERN PACIFIC 2-8-2 MIKADOS #318, #324, #334, #335, AND TENDERSĮNGINES PROVIDED IN 3 TYPES - PLAYER DRIVEABLE, HELPER (DOUBLE HEAD OR PUSHER SERVICE), File Name: MSTS Western Pacific Mikados #318, #324, #334, and #335

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