Santa Fe 2913 Explained
Santa Fe 2913 |
Powertype: | Steam |
Builder: | Baldwin Locomotive Works |
Serialnumber: | 69801 |
Builddate: | 1943[1] |
Whytetype: | 4-8-4 |
Driverdiameter: | 80inches |
Length: | 120inchesft10inchesin (ftin) |
Weightondrivers: | 295000lb |
Locoweight: | 510700lb[2] |
Locotenderweight: | 974850lb |
Fueltype: | fuel oil |
Fuelcap: | 7000usgal |
Watercap: | 24500usgal |
Boilerpressure: | 300psi |
Firearea: | 108square feet |
Cylindercount: | 2 |
Cylindersize: | 28inchesx32inchesin (xin) |
Tractiveeffort: | 660002NaN2 |
Factorofadhesion: | 4.47 |
Operator: | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway |
Operatorclass: | Class 2900 |
Numinclass: | 14 of 30 |
Fleetnumbers: | 2913 |
Retiredate: | April 1959 |
Disposition: | On static display |
Santa Fe 2913 is a 4-8-4 locomotive, part of the Santa Fe Class 2900. It was built in 1943 and pulled freight and passenger trains until its retirement in 1959 and is now on display in a park in Fort Madison, Iowa,[3] having been donated to the town upon retirement.[4]
Surviving sister engines
- 3751 moved from Viaduct Park in San Bernardino, California in 1986 for restoration to operating condition, which was completed in 1991.
- 3759 is displayed at Locomotive Park in Kingman, Arizona.
- 3768 is displayed at Great Plains Transportation Museum in Wichita, Kansas.
- 2903 is displayed at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois.
- 2912 is displayed at the Pueblo Railway Museum in Pueblo, Colorado.
- 2921 is displayed at the Modesto Amtrak Station in Modesto, California.
- 2925 is displayed at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento, California.
- 2926 moved from Coronado Park in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1999 to the New Mexico Steam Locomotive and Railroad Historical Society; then moved again for restoration to operating condition, which was completed in 2021.
Notes and References
- Web site: Live Trains - Fort Madison, Iowa 133 Years Of Railroading . 2007-09-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100110081739/https://www.livetrains.com/site/snav/15/page.htm . 10 January 2010 . dead.
- Web site: Steam Locomotive Information . https://web.archive.org/web/20110927070606/http://www.steamlocomotive.info/vlocomotive.cfm?Display=403 . 27 September 2011 . dead.
- Web site: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Northerns. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20041216063112/http://www.steamlocomotive.com/northern/atsf.shtml. 2004-12-16.
- Web site: Santa Fe Steam Power. 2007-09-20. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20071006215643/http://www.wheelsmuseum.org/stagner10.html. 2007-10-06.