ATSF 2-10-2 #979 - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe         
Looks like this 1904 Burnham, Wms & Co (Baldwin) built 2-10-2 may be sitting in a storage line in San Bernardino, CA. Original specs - serial #23900, class 900, 57" drivers, 225 psi boiler pressure, 19x32" high pressure cylinders, 32x32" low pressure cylinders, engine weight of 287,240 lb, tractive effort of 57,314 lb., rebuilt to simple in April 1917 at San Bernardino with 28X32 cylinders, retaining the 57" drivers. On 3/29/1950, the loco was sold for scrap to the Hyman-Michaels Company. From the Harold K. Vollrath collection
Date: 11/1/1949 Location: San Bernardino, CA   Map Show San Bernardino on a rail map Views: 291 Collection Of:   Gary Everhart
Locomotives: ATSF 979(2-10-2)    Author:  Gary Everhart
ATSF 2-10-2 #979 - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Picture Categories: Roster,Steam This picture is part of album:  ATSF STEAM ALBUM
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