Steam & Excursion > ATSF 1096 at Blackwell, Oklahoma, 24 Jan 2022

Retired Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 1096, 2-6-2, on display at a park in Blackwell, Oklahoma, Monday, 24 January 2022.

No fence nor graffiti-!  She could use a fresh coat of paint.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/25/22 03:41 by cozephyr.

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       A sad sight!!

What the hell is it about display engines that seems to always bring some moron with a bucket of white paint to desecrate the wheels?

Santa Fe sure did have a liking for the 2-6-2 wheel arrangement.  I don't think any other Class 1 railroads had the  2-6-2's

Trainman41 Wrote:

> I don't think any other Class 1 railroads had the  2-6-2's

Steamlocomotive.com has a list of railroads that rostered 2-6-2's:

https://www.steamlocomotive.com/locobase.php?country=USA&wheel=2-6-2

Although the text claims the type "did not find favor with the Class I railroads," Santa Fe was definitely a big user, and other Class 1's that had at least a few 2-6-2's include:

CNJ (2-6-2T): http://rr-fallenflags.org/cnj/cnj-s0200f12.jpg
CGW: http://donsdepot.donrossgroup.net/cgw256.jpg , http://donsdepot.donrossgroup.net/cgw289.jpg
CB&Q: http://rr-fallenflags.org/cbq/cbq-s2118ggC.jpg , https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll22/id/68939/rec/26
GN: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll22/id/54610/rec/1 , https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll22/id/54698/rec/3
IC (one locomotive bought in 1902 and converted to a 4-4-2 in 1907): https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/367f0d86-5d41-402f-a5c0-b6db6585102c
LV: http://rr-fallenflags.org/lv/lv-s791ahv.jpg
NYC: http://rr-fallenflags.org/nyc/nyc-s4658.jpg
MILW: http://rr-fallenflags.org/milw/milw-s5598ggC.jpg , http://rr-fallenflags.org/milw/milw-s0915y29.jpg
NP: http://rr-fallenflags.org/np/np-s2457f01.jpg
PRR (two locomotives): http://rr-fallenflags.org/prr/prr-s7453ggC.jpg
SP (2-6-2 via EP&NE, 2-6-2T via CP): https://www.flickr.com/photos/digitalrailartist/50480691111 , http://rr-fallenflags.org/sp/sp-s1904a14.jpg , https://donsdepot.donrossgroup.net/dr0500/sp1903.jpg
Wabash: http://rr-fallenflags.org/wab/wab-s2068jpa.jpg

That would be a good one to get running. She's already been "de-asbestos'ed". Of course all the brass is gone from the cab.

Have fun, be safe,

Bruce "Doc" Jones  Sierra Madre CA

And that is one of the Toledo Peoria and Western bay window cabooses that the Santa Fe ended up with when they owned the TP&W for a short while.  Kind of a rare bird for an Oklahoma display!

Dan

superfleet Wrote:

> And that is one of the Toledo Peoria and Western
> bay window cabooses that the Santa Fe ended up
> with when they owned the TP&W for a short while. 

This is ex-TP&W 528.  Unlike 521 and 523, which were renumbered and repainted into Santa Fe colors as their Ce-13 class for a few more years of service on local assignments, the 528 was retired almost immediately.  It was placed on display behind 1096 at Blackwell wearing a non-standard paint job and the number 999655, which it never wore in service.