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Re: ATSF Steam Engines...5021
Author: L.A.Scrafford
Date: 04-15-2011 - 08:25
A year or two ago I posted a photo of #5021 in Albuquerque before it left Albuquerque for Sacramento. It was recently reposted in Volume 4 issue 60 of Trainnews. The date of its last help was August 27, 1957 I believe. Looking back its too bad that this locomotive didn't stay in Albuquerque.
L.A.Scrafford
Tom Moungovan Wrote:
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> Of the pair, I feel that 2-10-4 5021 is
> particularly significant as she is one of the two
> ATSF
> steamers used as helpers out of Belen, NM on the
> final day of revenue steam. The other was
> 4-8-4 3780 IIRC. 5021 returned to Belen first and
> 3780 followed by a couple of hours or so, becoming
> the last one to see revenue steam use. Don't have
> the exact date in front of me, but I believe it
> was somewhere around August of 1957. Any
> corrections welcomed here, thanks.
> In any event, the 5001 class were formidable
> machines with a t.e. of 93,000 lbs. and drivers
> slightly larger than many passenger engines,
> seventy four inches. That and a 310 lb. boiler.
L.A.Scrafford
Tom Moungovan Wrote:
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> Of the pair, I feel that 2-10-4 5021 is
> particularly significant as she is one of the two
> ATSF
> steamers used as helpers out of Belen, NM on the
> final day of revenue steam. The other was
> 4-8-4 3780 IIRC. 5021 returned to Belen first and
> 3780 followed by a couple of hours or so, becoming
> the last one to see revenue steam use. Don't have
> the exact date in front of me, but I believe it
> was somewhere around August of 1957. Any
> corrections welcomed here, thanks.
> In any event, the 5001 class were formidable
> machines with a t.e. of 93,000 lbs. and drivers
> slightly larger than many passenger engines,
> seventy four inches. That and a 310 lb. boiler.
