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Southern Pacific 2472 is a P-8 class 4-6-2 heavy "Pacific" type steam locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) in 1921. No. 2472 is one of three surviving Southern Pacific P-8 class 4-6-2 Pacific locomotives, the other two being Nos. 2467 and 2479 .
The Southern Pacific Class Mt-5 is a class of 4-8-2 Mountain steam locomotives built between 1929 and 1930 by the Southern Pacific's own Sacramento shops. There were 10 locomotives built in the class. They were retired between 1953 and 1958. None survived into preservation.
In all, a total of 15 locomotives of what had become the Southern Pacific Class P-8 were ever constructed by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1921 and they were all numbered as 2461-2475. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They were designed to be used on the Southern Pacific specifically for the Overland Route from Ogden, Utah , to Oakland, California .
Southern Pacific 4294 is a class "AC-12" 4-8-8-2 cab-forward–type steam locomotive that was owned and operated by the Southern Pacific Railroad (SP). It was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in March 1944 and was used hauling SP 's trains over the Sierra Nevada , often working on Donner Pass in California .
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-2 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels, eight powered and coupled driving wheels and two trailing wheels. This type of steam locomotive is commonly known as the Mountain type, [1] though the New York Central Railroad used the name Mohawk for their 4-8-2s.
Southern Pacific 2467 is a preserved P-8 class 4-6-2 "Pacific" type steam locomotive. Built by Baldwin in 1921, it was used by the Southern Pacific Railroad to pull passenger trains until it was retired from service in 1956.
The two MC-1 locomotives built in May 1909 were rebuilt in 1923 as MC-2 class with uniform cylinders measuring 22 in (559 mm) diameter × 30 in (762 mm) stroke; these rebuilt locomotives weighed 437,000 lb (198,000 kg), like the as-built MC-2 class, but with 393,700 lb (178,600 kg) on the drivers. Most of the rest of the MC-2 class were ...
Southern Pacific Railroad's AC-11 class of cab forward steam locomotives was the seventh class of 4-8-8-2 locomotives ordered by Southern Pacific (SP) from Baldwin Locomotive Works; [1] SP was so pleased with the AC-10 class built a year earlier that the railroad began placing orders for AC-11s while the AC-10s were still being built and ...