Santa Fe 2913
Performance figures | |
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Tractive effort | 66,000 lbf (293.58 kN) |
Factor of adh. | 4.47 |
Career | |
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Operators | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway |
Class | Class 2900 |
Number in class | 14 of 30 |
Numbers | 2913 |
Retired | 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.
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