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SP 4-8-0 #2913 "Mastodon" - Southern Pacific |
| Description: |
This fair b&w photo taken by Guy Luther Dunscomb caught the 1895 Schenectady built 4-8-0 "Mastodon" type steam loco sitting in a storage line. #2913 was the last to be scrapped from the class when it went to the torches in January of 1951, at 55 very productive years with SP.The location was not specified. Specs - class GA/TW, 54" drivers, 180 psi boiler pressure, 22x26" cylinders, engine weight of 175,000 lb, tractive effort of 35,655 lb. Although no location was given on the photo, it probably was Sacramento. |
| Photo Date: |
1/21/1934 Upload Date: 7/9/2017 12:43:27 PM |
| Location: |
Unknown, CA |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2913(4-8-0) |
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598 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP 2914 |
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| Photo Date: |
11/3/1999 Upload Date: 11/5/2015 2:26:34 AM |
| Location: |
Bakersfield, CA |
| Author: |
Kevin Stevens |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2914(4-8-0) |
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478 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP 4-8-0 #2921 - Southern Pacific |
| Description: |
Long before an RS11 unit wore the number "2921", this Alco-Schenectady twelve-wheeler did. Built in 1898, it has a relatively modern look to it despite the small drivers. Specifics - TW-8 cross-compound class, 55" drviers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 23x32" and 35"x32" cylinders, 192,000 lb engine weight, 36,543 lb tractive effort, converted to oil burners, simplified by SP shops in 1911. scrapped between 1949-53. No date, location or photographer was listed for this photo. |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1940 Upload Date: 11/2/2014 3:36:06 AM |
| Location: |
Unknown, CA |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2921(4-8-0) |
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1686 Comments: 0 |
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