Power suitable for a first-class railroad finally arrived with the three 2-8-2 Mikados #401-403 from Alco in 1937.

These locomotives were the culmination of modern steam power on the GB&W.  The trio was joined by #404-406 in October 1939.

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Photographer unknown, 1939.08.13.
From the collection of Scott Janz.
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