Soo Line Class H-23

The Soo Line Class H-23 were a series of 4-6-2 "Pacific" type tender steam locomotives that were built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) for the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway, better known as the Soo Line Railroad. 
==History==
Six of these engines were produced in 1923 by ALCO in Schenectady, New York carrying the road numbers 2718-2723. They were used to pull passenger trains along the Soo Line Railroad and were occasionaly operated by one of their subsidiaries, the Wisconsin Central Railway.
In the Soo Line's naming scheme, 'H' was used to indicate the Pacific wheel arrangement. The H-23's were the last class of Pacific locomotives that were built and used for the Soo Line. At some point in the mid-1940s, a few of the H-23 locomotives were equipped with an experimental Worthington feedwater heater on the pilot deck, but it was ultimately deemed a failure and was removed.
The class had become redundant by the 1950s and were all eventually withdrawn from revenue service by 1959. Four of the locomotives have been scrapped while the first two members of the class, Nos. 2718 and 2719, have been preserved and even briefly ran in excursion service. 
==Stock list==
Loco No.	Image	Build date(s)	Current status 	Notes
2718 	 	May 1923 	On static display at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, Wisconsin. 	
2719 	 	May 1923 	On static display at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota.	
2720 	 	1923 	Scrapped at United States Steel, July 19, 1951. 	
2721 	 	1923 	Scrapped at Purdy Company, November 13, 1950 	
2722 	 	1923 	Scrapped at American Iron & Supply, December 28, 1954 	
2723 	 	1923 	Scrapped at Purdy Company, November 13, 1950 	
Category:American locomotives
Category:American steam locomotives
Category:Built in 1923
Category:Standard gauge locomotives
Category:Standard gauge locomotives of the United States
Category:Steam locomotives
Category:Locomotives
Category:Tender locomotives
Category:Passenger locomotives
Category:Soo Line locomotives
Category:ALCO locomotives
Category:4-6-2 steam locomotives
Category:4-6-2 locomotives
Category:Six-coupled locomotives
Category:Class H-23