Here is the first in the 700 class of 1935 Lima built Berkshires that served the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton, a pure muscle locomotive in every way. Specs - class 700, 63" drivers, impressive 250 psi boiler pressure, 25x30" cylinders, engine weight of 361,370 lb, tractive effort of 63,244 lb, scrapped between 1953-56. J. Bowie photo |