the Lima Locomotive Works and design director William F. Woodard took it a step further with the new and advanced "Super Power" of the larger 2-8-4s and 4-8-4s. Many Mikados were eventually ...

As a 2-8-4 with the four driving axles in its centre sporting connecting rods, it resembled a steam locomotive from the chassis downwards but with a very diesel-age cab and superstructure.