Pere Marquette Class MK

Pere Marquette Class MK
Technical specifications
Manufacturer(s)	Baldwin Locomotive Works
Build date	1913
Total produced	10
Classification	MK
Wheel arrangement	2-8-2 "Mikado"
Rail gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Valve gear	Walschaerts
Cylinders	Two, Outside
Boiler pressure	185 psi (12.80 kPa)
Bore stroke	27 in x 30 in / 686 mm x 762 mm
Firegrate area	70 sq ft (6.50 m2)
Fuel type	Coal
Heating area	880 sq ft (81.75 m2)
Performance figures
Tractive effort	54,588 lbf (242.81 kN)
Factor of adhesion	4.03
Service information
Running numbers	1001-1010
Disposition details
Preserved	None were preserved
Disposition	All Scrapped

The Pere Marquette Class MK was a class of 2-8-2 "Mikado" type steam locomotives that were built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for the Pere Marquette Railway in 1913.

History

In the 1910s, the Pere Marquette Railway needed more powerful locomotives to operate on their system, so the Baldwin Locomotive Works who was tasked on building a steam locomotive had went back to the drawing board to draw up plans of the new steam locomotive for the Pere Marquette Railway. Enter the Pere Marquette Class MK, a total of ten were constructed by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and they were all delivered to the Pere Marquette Railway in 1913.

All examples were added to the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway's roster when the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway had acquired the Pere Marquette Railway. They were all retired from active service on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, and not a single one of the Pere Marquette Class MK were preserved, they were all scrapped, thus rendering them extinct.

All that's left of the Pere Marquette Class MK is one surviving Nickel Plate Road Mikado, No. 587.

Stock list

Photograph	Loco No.	Build date	Manufacturer	Operators	Status
Frameless	1001	1913	Baldwin Locomotive Works	Pere Marquette Railway Chesapeake and Ohio Railway	Scrapped
Frameless	1002	1913	Baldwin Locomotive Works	Pere Marquette Railway Chesapeake and Ohio Railway	Scrapped
Frameless	1003	1913	Baldwin Locomotive Works	Pere Marquette Railway Chesapeake and Ohio Railway	Scrapped
Frameless	1004	1913	Baldwin Locomotive Works	Pere Marquette Railway Chesapeake and Ohio Railway	Scrapped
Frameless	1005	1913	Baldwin Locomotive Works	Pere Marquette Railway Chesapeake and Ohio Railway	Scrapped
Frameless	1006	1913	Baldwin Locomotive Works	Pere Marquette Railway Chesapeake and Ohio Railway	Scrapped
Frameless	1007	1913	Baldwin Locomotive Works	Pere Marquette Railway Chesapeake and Ohio Railway	Scrapped
Frameless	1008	1913	Baldwin Locomotive Works	Pere Marquette Railway Chesapeake and Ohio Railway	Scrapped
Frameless	1009	1913	Baldwin Locomotive Works	Pere Marquette Railway Chesapeake and Ohio Railway	Scrapped
Frameless	1010	1913	Baldwin Locomotive Works	Pere Marquette Railway Chesapeake and Ohio Railway	Scrapped

List of Pere Marquette Mikado type steam locomotives
MK:	The Class • 1001 • 1002 • 1003 • 1004 • 1005 • 1006 • 1007 • 1008 • 1009 • 1010
MK-1:	The Class • 1011 • 1012 • 1013 • 1014 • 1015 • 1016 • 1017 • 1018 • 1019 • 1020 • 1021 • 1022 • 1023 • 1024 • 1025 • 1026 • 1027 • 1028 • 1029 • 1030 • 1031 • 1032 • 1033 • 1034 • 1035 • 1036 • 1037 • 1038 • 1039 • 1040
MK-2:	The Class • 1041 • 1042 • 1043 • 1044 • 1045 • 1046 • 1047 • 1048 • 1049 • 1050
MK-6:	The Class • 1095 • 1096 • 1097 • 1098 • 1099
Extinct:	MK • MK-1 • MK-2 • The MK-6