Pere Marquette Class MK-2

Pere Marquette Class MK-2
Technical specifications
Manufacturer(s)	American Locomotive Company
Build date	1927
Total produced	10
Classification	MK-2
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	200 psi (13.80 kPa)
Bore stroke	26 in x 30 in / 660 mm x 762 mm
Firegrate area	66.80 sq ft (6.21 m2)
Fuel type	Coal
Heating area	992 sq ft (92.16 m2)
Performance figures
Tractive effort	54,724 lbf (243.42 kN)
Factor of adhesion	4.21
Service information
Running numbers	1041-1050
Disposition details
Preserved	None were preserved
Disposition	All Scrapped

The Pere Marquette Class MK-2 was a class of 2-8-2 "Mikado" type steam locomotives that were built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO), for the Pere Marquette Railway in 1927.

History

In the 1920s, the Pere Marquette Railway needed more powerful locomotives to operate on their system, so the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) 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-2, a total of ten examples were constructed by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) and they were all delivered to the Pere Marquette Railway in 1927.

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-2 is one surviving Nickel Plate Road Mikado, No. 587.

Stock list

Photograph	Loco No.	Build date	Manufacturer	Operators	Status
Frameless	1041	1927	American Locomotive Company (ALCO)	Pere Marquette Railway Chesapeake and Ohio Railway	Scrapped
Frameless	1042	1927	American Locomotive Company (ALCO)	Pere Marquette Railway Chesapeake and Ohio Railway	Scrapped
Frameless	1043	1927	American Locomotive Company (ALCO)	Pere Marquette Railway Chesapeake and Ohio Railway	Scrapped
Frameless	1044	1927	American Locomotive Company (ALCO)	Pere Marquette Railway Chesapeake and Ohio Railway	Scrapped
Frameless	1045	1927	American Locomotive Company (ALCO)	Pere Marquette Railway Chesapeake and Ohio Railway	Scrapped
Frameless	1046	1927	American Locomotive Company (ALCO)	Pere Marquette Railway Chesapeake and Ohio Railway	Scrapped
Frameless	1047	1927	American Locomotive Company (ALCO)	Pere Marquette Railway Chesapeake and Ohio Railway	Scrapped
Frameless	1048	1927	American Locomotive Company (ALCO)	Pere Marquette Railway Chesapeake and Ohio Railway	Scrapped
Frameless	1049	1927	American Locomotive Company (ALCO)	Pere Marquette Railway Chesapeake and Ohio Railway	Scrapped
	1050	1927	American Locomotive Company (ALCO)	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