Santa Fe 2-10-2 #940

tomgears · **Posted:** Tue May 25, 2010 3:57 pm

She appears to be well kept in this Flickr photo:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/travel_afi ... 637466249/

santafeboy · **Joined:** Tue May 26, 2009 12:42 am **Posts:** 113

Man those numbers on the tender are hideous.They could have at least used the correct size and style of numbers

Kelly Anderson · **Joined:** Tue Sep 14, 2004 7:52 am **Posts:** 2477

Ed Kapuscinski · **Posted:** Wed May 26, 2010 10:42 am

Good thing too, it would've been odd seeing something so ATSF in Pennsylvania Dutch country.

475 seems much more "at home" in Lancaster County.

trolleyira · **Joined:** Fri Jul 22, 2005 11:22 pm **Posts:** 219

Also, the AT&SF leased 2-10-4's to the PRR in 1956 due to a motive power shortage.
Sante Fe on the Pennsylvania, you bet.

G. W. Laepple · **Joined:** Mon Aug 23, 2004 5:10 pm **Posts:** 1182

Those 2-10-4's never ventured into the Keystone State after they were built by Baldwin, however. They spent their time on lease to the Pennsy working between Columbus and Sandusky, Ohio, I believe.

jhilborn · **Posted:** Thu May 27, 2010 8:36 pm

This website has some interesting photos of the Santa Fe 2-10-4's in Columbus.

http://www.columbusrailroads.com/prr%20santa%20fe.htm

I think there was a thread not too long ago about the Pennsy's ingenious solution to turning them on the Columbus turntable which was too short.

Txhighballer · **Joined:** Mon Aug 23, 2004 10:49 am **Posts:** 773

Kelly Anderson wrote:

Wasn't this locomotive up for adoption around 1990? If I recall, the town was offering it up to anyone who would take it. I'm glad to see they are taking care of it.

I recall the date because when we were searching for new power, we briefly considered that one before finding #475. Kinda paints a picture, doesn't it?

Good night Kelly! That thing would pull everything you own with the brakes set!
Mechanically do you remember what kind of shape she is in? And just WHERE were you going to find good oil in coal country,or were you planning on hiring Paul Bunyan after you converted her back to coal?

tim o'm · **Posted:** Thu May 27, 2010 9:57 pm

I had to look this locomotive up on steamlocomotive.com, because I had no idea where Bartlesville is. If anyone else needs help, it's in Oklahoma. This is the only 2-10-2 surviving from the Santa Fe. About a dozen others from other RRs are out there.

Kelly Anderson · **Joined:** Tue Sep 14, 2004 7:52 am **Posts:** 2477

tomgears · **Posted:** Wed Jun 02, 2010 11:27 am

Here is another photo of her that came through.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonathanw100/4643502767/

Txhighballer · **Joined:** Mon Aug 23, 2004 10:49 am **Posts:** 773

Nice pic! thanks for posting it. My great uncle did hand fire the 900's over Raton Pass...in fact they were among the first locomotives we worked on. They usually had two firemen for the pull up Raton. Before he died I managed to get his time books and he fired the 940 several times before she went to the Gulf Lines later on in her career. She should be preserved,and perhaps one day,rebuilt. Strasburg would have been a good home for her,but not sure how she would have liked running backward 50% of the time.