2-8-8-2 #2001-2007

SLSF 2001 2-8-8-2 -1910

Seven 2-8-8-2 Mallet Articulateds were purchased from American Locomotive Works in 1910 and were the largest in the world when first purchased. However, according to various publications they proved unsatisfactory for the intended purposes and were relegated to mine runs in the Alabama coalfields west of Birmingham. These were the only articulated engines purchased by the Frisco.

SLSF 2001 Springfield, Missouri

 

SLSF 2003 2-8-8-2 -1931

SLSF 2003, Birmingham, Ala, 7/25/1931

 

SLSF 2004 2-8-8-2 -1931

SLSF 2004, Birmingham, Ala,7/25/1931

 

SLSF 2006 2-8-8-2 -1925

SLSF 2006, Birmingham, Ala., 7/02/1925

 

SLSF 2007 2-8-8-2 -1910

SLSF 2007,1910

 

Ran across this by accident. Says 1907 Springfield.

https://missouriencyclopedia.org/groups-orgs/st-louis-san-francisco-railway-company

 

Of course, the 1907 date is incorrect. The 2001 was a Memphis Road locomotive.

 

Those lo pressure cylinders are huge-gantic.

 

I never knew about it. Is there a photo?

 

Is this some sort of inside joke I haven't heard before? Is that a real blue print, or something someone made for fun?

 

I've a picture!