Tags: Locomotive.
SLSF 4018 is a class USRA Light 2-8-2 Mikado steam locomotive which operated for three decades hauling freight between Bessemer and Birmingham Alabama (USA) on the St. Louis – San Francisco Railway. It went on display at the Alabama State Fairgrounds in 1952 and is one of only a few locomotives of its type that survive.Called a war baby because it was part of the build-up of cargo capacity ordered through the United States Railroad Administration during World War I Engine No.
