Santa Fe 2913

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Santa Fe 2913
Santa Fe 2913
Santa Fe 2319 on display.
Power type steam
Builder Baldwin Locomotive Works
Build date 1943[1]
Configuration 4-8-4
Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8½ in)
Driver size 80 in.
Length 120 ft., 10 in.
Weight on drivers 294,000 lb
Locomotive weight 510,700 pounds
Locomotive and tender combined weight 961,000 lb
Fuel type fuel oil
Fuel capacity 7,000 gallons
Water capacity 24,500 gallons
Boiler pressure 300 psi
Fire grate area 108 ft2
Cylinders 2
Cylinder size 28 in×32 in
Tractive effort 79,968 lbf (355.71 kN)
Career Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Class Class 2900
Number in class 30
Number 2913
Retired April 1959

Santa Fe 2913 is a 4-8-4 locomotive. It was built in the 1940s and is currently on display in a park in Fort Madison, Iowa,[2] having been donated to the town upon retirement.[3] It is currently undergoing cosmetic restoration.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Live Trains - Fort Madison, Iowa 133 Years Of Railroading (html). Retrieved on 2007-09-20.
  2. ^ Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Northerns (html).
  3. ^ Santa Fe Steam Power (html). Retrieved on 2007-09-20.