Chicago & Illinois Midland No. 551

Chicago & Illinois Midland No. 551 is one of three USRA design Mikado type (2-8-2) locomotives built for the Chicago & Illinois Midland Railroad that sits on display at the Museum of Transportation.
== History==
Built by Lima in 1928 it spent most of it's life hauling coal trains from Illinois Midland Coal Mines to Commonwealth Edison Electric Generating Plants. 
The Chicago & Illinois Midland railroad donated it to the museum in 1955. 
==Trivia ==
*Lima built one more F-4 for the C&IM in 1938, and the railroad also rostered two second hand Lima Milkados.
*No. 551 is the only surviving C&IM steam locomotive in preservation.
==Gallery==
File:C&IM551.jpg
File:USRA Light Mikado locomotive.jpg
Category:Steam locomotives
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Category:Eight-coupled locomotives
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Category:Built in 1928
Category:Museum Of Transportation Engines
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Category:Preserved locomotives