Nostalgia & History > Espee odds n ends - a plumber's nightmare

While looking for some logging railroad photos I ran across these from the George Majors collection. Here's a shot looking foward from the tender at the smokebox end of a cab forward. Geore Majors photo. I'm guessing Sparks around 1954. - Tony J.

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Here's a shot of 3-ft. gauge 4-6-0 SP #9 inside the Bakersfield Roundhouse. George Majors collection. - Tony J.

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Back when Central Pacific 2-6-2T was on display in Oakland. George Majors collection. - Tony J.

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Despite all the bad press (and some of it well deserved), wouldn't this be an appropriate artifact for the CSRM? Where did this locomotive wind up?

john1082 Wrote:
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> Despite all the bad press (and some of it well
> deserved), wouldn't this be an appropriate
> artifact for the CSRM? Where did this locomotive
> wind up?

It is at the CSRM, in storage I believe.

The Pacific Locomotive Association traded this locomotive to the CSRM in the past few years (2002/2003?) I believe in exchange for some Espee commuter coaches ("Subs" I believe).

The locomotive was cosmetically-restored in the 70s and was a wreck by 5 years ago!

Designed by the great Andrew Jackson Stevens and constructed in the Sacramento Shops under CP regime...quite an artifact! One of only two Stevens engines in existence today.

Tony, what to you think about Wendel for a location of the first pic? Even the hills to the north look right.
Tom

OnTrackEd Wrote:
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> The Pacific Locomotive Association traded this
> locomotive to the CSRM in the past few years
> (2002/2003?) I believe in exchange for some Espee
> commuter coaches ("Subs" I believe).
>
> The locomotive was cosmetically-restored in the
> 70s and was a wreck by 5 years ago!
>
> Designed by the great Andrew Jackson Stevens and
> constructed in the Sacramento Shops under CP
> regime...quite an artifact! One of only two
> Stevens engines in existence today.


Charlie Heimerdinger, Joe Ward & myself were the PLA folks that met with the Oakland City council one night & made the proposal for us getting the loco. At that time, she looked pretty forgotten. Indeed, some of the council members were unaware that Oakland even owned the locomotive!
Tom

Nitehostler Wrote:
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> Tony, what to you think about Wendel for a
> location of the first pic? Even the hills to the
> north look right.
> Tom


Tom,
I was thinking that myself. The area is more wide open than Sparks was at that time. - Tony J.

TonyJ Wrote:
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> Here's a shot of 3-ft. gauge 4-6-0 SP #9 inside
> the Bakersfield Roundhouse. George Majors
> collection. - Tony J.

I think this is the first time I've ever seen it referred to as a T-44 class. Although as religious as the CP and SP were with labeling their engines with class data it isn't surprising it had a class assigned or vice versa. (And before people have heart failure, the CP remained a corporate entity for a long time in the SP Lines and I believe most of the Cab-Aheads were CP assets and were so labeled in their early years.)

Tony,

That first picture could be Imlay

Regards
Rich Hunn

PS - Great picture of #9, that's the first shot I've seen of it somewhere off
the narrow gauge except the Plaster City loaner shots.