| Title: |
ATSF #684 - Athchison, Topeka & Santa Fe |
| Description: |
This is the first Santa Fe to wear the number 684 - later it would be a Dash9-44CW unit. This loco was built by Burnham, Wms & Co (Baldwin) in 1898 as one of the very first Baldwin built Pacifics iwth cast steel frames. It had small 57" drivers generated a boiler pressure of 180 psi for its 21"x28" cyldinders.The engine weight was a modest 156,130 lb and it could produce a tractive effort of 33,145 lb. Here it sits in the Topeka yard waiting for a new assignment. No photographer was identified. |
| Photo Date: |
1/30/1936 Upload Date: 5/15/2014 6:57:01 AM |
| Location: |
Topeka, KS |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
ATSF 684(2-8-0) |
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