"Mikado" remained the type name until the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Seeking a more American name, "MacArthur", after General Douglas MacArthur, came into use to describe the locomotive type in the United States. After the war, the type name "Mikado" again became the most common for that locomotive type.Steam Locomotive dot com: 2-8-2 "Mikado" Type Locomotives - retrieved 26 October 2006. Archived 21 June 2013.
