Steam & Excursion > 4-8-4 2912 perhaps wistful

Santa Fe 4-8-4 2912 with its stack extension lifted silently witnesses the passage of a northbound BNSF manifest on May 15, 2020 behind the old depot in Pueblo, CO. Sad railfanning! === === = === JLH



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 06/01/20 20:40 by highgreengraphics.

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Why is it sad? Looks really neat to me  - the old and the new.

Bill Deaver
Tehachapi, CA

Yes, I too see a happy 2912.  Happy that it didn't get cut up like so many of it's sisters, and happy that it is still looking real sharp with the new paint job applied a few years ago.

You'd think someone could fund a boiler jacket on these engines.

I was astounded to see it out in the open like that when I visited it in 2017.  I worry about what could happen to it.

Oliver Barrett

This is in Pueblo, CO, right?

Rule G - Sorry I left that out. Yes, Pueblo, CO. === === = === JLH

I like the phot but I wouldn't call it "sad". Wistful maybe, but not sad. Sad would be the 2912 looking tattered, or worse yet turned into galvinized garbage cans,

When the asbestos was removed they really stripped her of everything, jacket, walkways, etc.

Posted from Android

Maybe sad because it was an aborted restoration a few years ago.
Greg

To the Frisco's credit, when they restored an engine for donation they removed all the lagging and tacked bands around the boiler to hold the jack at the right distance from the surface.  Makes a big difference.

masterphots Wrote:
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> You'd think someone could fund a boiler jacket on
> these engines.

They would probably be happy if you were to volunteer to take charge of that.  In my opinion they have accomplished quite a lot since 2009 when the photo below was taken.

Gordon

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What happened with the restoration effort a few years back?
Gordon is right, however the bunch who took it all apart should have at least put the running boards, etc, back on.  But at least it has fresh paint.

Don,

The most official answer to that question that I've seen is that the boiler was found to be worse condition than they wanted to to mess with.

Rob

If nothing else, 2912's attempted restoration efforts inspired the almost-finished rebuild of sister loco 2926 in Albuquerque, needing  only completion of boiler sheathing and minor cab work, and the coming remodel of  just-received  former ATSF baggage-now  NMSX Tool Car 3939 into a trip maintenance, parts and support vehicle.
Pending insurance coverage and arrangements with private passenger car owners, 2926-led tourist train trips from Albuquerque to  Las Vegas, New Mexico's  recently-rebuilt former Fred Harvey Castenada Hotel are planned.



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