It is currently Tue Sep 29, 2026 11:16 am

All times are UTC - 5 hours [ DST ]




Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 12 posts ] 
Author Message
 Post subject: Santa Fe 2-10-2 #940
PostPosted: Tue May 25, 2010 3:57 pm 

Joined: Fri Aug 27, 2004 7:57 am
Posts: 2599
Location: Faulkland, Delaware
She appears to be well kept in this Flickr photo:

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

_________________
Tom Gears
Wilmington, DE

Maybe it won't work out. But maybe seeing if it does will be the best adventure ever.


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Santa Fe 2-10-2 #940
PostPosted: Tue May 25, 2010 11:28 pm 

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


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Santa Fe 2-10-2 #940
PostPosted: Wed May 26, 2010 7:49 am 

Joined: Tue Sep 14, 2004 7:52 am
Posts: 2477
.


Last edited by Kelly Anderson on Sun Aug 04, 2024 9:01 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Santa Fe 2-10-2 #940
PostPosted: Wed May 26, 2010 10:42 am 

Joined: Thu Feb 26, 2009 3:07 pm
Posts: 1213
Location: B'more Maryland
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.

_________________
If you fear the future you won't have one.
The past was the worst.


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Santa Fe 2-10-2 #940
PostPosted: Wed May 26, 2010 4:58 pm 

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.


Last edited by trolleyira on Wed May 26, 2010 6:46 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Santa Fe 2-10-2 #940
PostPosted: Wed May 26, 2010 6:31 pm 

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.


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Santa Fe 2-10-2 #940
PostPosted: Thu May 27, 2010 8:36 pm 

Joined: Sun Aug 03, 2008 7:51 pm
Posts: 11
Location: Columbus, Ohio
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.


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Santa Fe 2-10-2 #940
PostPosted: Thu May 27, 2010 9:19 pm 

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?


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Santa Fe 2-10-2 #940
PostPosted: Thu May 27, 2010 9:57 pm 

Joined: Mon Aug 30, 2004 3:24 pm
Posts: 462
Location: Scranton, PA
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.

_________________
http://www.nrhs.com/


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Santa Fe 2-10-2 #940
PostPosted: Fri May 28, 2010 8:40 am 

Joined: Tue Sep 14, 2004 7:52 am
Posts: 2477
.


Last edited by Kelly Anderson on Sun Aug 04, 2024 9:03 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Santa Fe 2-10-2 #940
PostPosted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 11:27 am 

Joined: Fri Aug 27, 2004 7:57 am
Posts: 2599
Location: Faulkland, Delaware
Here is another photo of her that came through.

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

_________________
Tom Gears
Wilmington, DE

Maybe it won't work out. But maybe seeing if it does will be the best adventure ever.


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Santa Fe 2-10-2 #940
PostPosted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 11:44 pm 

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.


Offline
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 12 posts ] 

All times are UTC - 5 hours [ DST ]


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Jump to: