SP 2582 (1906 Baldwin 2-8-0)
AZ Rwy Museum Chandler AZ
This class C-9 locomorive weighs 217,800 pounds, has 57 1/2" drivers with a tractive effort of 45,470 pounds. The engine is oil fired with a working pressure of 210 Psi. The tender is a class 100-C-4 with serial number 8365.
Entering revenue service on November 27, 1906, the engine appears to have worked all over the S.P. system. Although its movements are difficult to trace, official boiler repair documents suggest it operated mostly in California during the 1910s and ‘20s. During most of the 1930s it appears to have been stationed at El Paso on the Rio Grande Division, moving to the far-Southwest between Tucson, Phoenix, and Los Angeles during World War II. Following the War it could be found heading local freights or in general switching service on the Southern Pacific’s busy San Francisco Bay Area lines between Roseville, West Oakland and Bayshore (San Francisco).
The engine was donated to the City of Chandler in August 1956 and placed on display at the Chandler Train Station. After being moved to Armstrong Park in 1969, the locomotive began to deteriorate. Since 1984, the locomotive has been cared for by the Members of the Arizona Railway Museum. The engine was placed on the Arizona State Historical Register in 1994.
SP 2582 (1906 Baldwin 2-8-0)
AZ Rwy Museum Chandler AZ
This class C-9 locomorive weighs 217,800 pounds, has 57 1/2" drivers with a tractive effort of 45,470 pounds. The engine is oil fired with a working pressure of 210 Psi. The tender is a class 100-C-4 with serial number 8365.
Entering revenue service on November 27, 1906, the engine appears to have worked all over the S.P. system. Although its movements are difficult to trace, official boiler repair documents suggest it operated mostly in California during the 1910s and ‘20s. During most of the 1930s it appears to have been stationed at El Paso on the Rio Grande Division, moving to the far-Southwest between Tucson, Phoenix, and Los Angeles during World War II. Following the War it could be found heading local freights or in general switching service on the Southern Pacific’s busy San Francisco Bay Area lines between Roseville, West Oakland and Bayshore (San Francisco).
The engine was donated to the City of Chandler in August 1956 and placed on display at the Chandler Train Station. After being moved to Armstrong Park in 1969, the locomotive began to deteriorate. Since 1984, the locomotive has been cared for by the Members of the Arizona Railway Museum. The engine was placed on the Arizona State Historical Register in 1994.