Steam & Excursion > When You Think Of This Railroads Engine #1 This Is Not It!

When mention of Southern Pacific's locomotive #1 is made most will naturally think of the ancient C.P. Huntington that was one the Central Pacific's first pieces of motive power. However, a few other engines bore the #1 for SP over the years. Here is one.

The trim little 2-4-2T was turned out by Baldwin in March 1884. She had a number of different jobs and numbers given to her over the years until she finally became the Sacramento Shops switcher #1 in 1916. She and her crew have paused to have their portrait taken by SP photographer David Joslyn in the early 1920's.

This SP #1 would continue in service until finally being set aside and scrapped in 1936. After that time, the coveted Engine #1 spot of the SP roster reverted to the famous C.P. Huntington.

Martin



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 02/15/18 03:45 by LoggerHogger.

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If I could do a way back machine, I would buy her.

Good photo

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An unbelievably good engine for a shop switcher.

-LD

Wow! That front Sand Dome valve rod looks like it was hung on to one too many times!!

James R.(Jim) Baker
Whittier, CA

From looking at this " Fine " switcher, why does the Cab appeal to not be level , wonder If the Water tank has something to do with it ?

What is this the history of this fine piece of 19th Century motive power?

That must be some really heavy oil in the bunker to make the cab sag to the rear like that!

Earlk Wrote:

> What is this the history of this fine piece of
> 19th Century motive power?

Diebert & Strapac's Southern Pacific Company Steam Locomotive Compendium shows it built as Park & Ocean #8 in March 1884 (Baldwin 7243). More on the P&O can be found here: http://www.cable-car-guy.com/html/ccsfwhensteam1.html . SP bought the locomotive in 1885, initially making it their #80. They renumbered it 1010 in 1891, then Sacramento Shops #1 (2nd) on March 1, 1906, and finally to SPMW 568 on February 23, 1916. Sacramento scrapped the locomotive in November 1936, and an 0-6-0T eventually took over the SPMW 568 road number in 1946.