Although the 4-6-2 or Pacific type was usually considered a passenger engine, several North American railroads such as the Atlantic Coast Line, Canadian Pacific, Grand Trunk Western and Illinois Central used the 4-6-2 extensively in freight duty. IC No. 2086 was built by the American Locomotive Company in 1912 as No. 1099, and was renumbered in 1942 or 1943 in connection with an extensive rebuild in the Paducah Shops. The original 75½-inch drivers, suitable for higher-speed passenger service now dropped or in the hands of diesels, were reduced to 61 inches for local freight service. As rebuilt she had 25x25-inch cylinders and carried 215 p.s.i. of boiler pressure. Weighing 248,733 pounds, she exerted 48,683 pounds of tractive effort. No. 2086's service life ended about a year after I snapped this photo at Pontiac, Illinois, in July 1954. She can be seen briefly in the Green Frog video-DVD Steam in the 50s, Volume I, filmed by Jerry Carson.