ATSF 4-6-2 #3420 - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe

Name	Type	Comments	Date

Fred Stuckmann	General	Saw the rest finally, great pictures sir,	5/9/2013 6:11:47 AM

John Sheridan	General	This picture was taken at Shopton, Iowa (Fort Madison). My father was a locomotive engineer and took me as an 8 year old up into its cab. At that ime the 3425 was inf front of it and the 2439 behind. This pic show a 4100 tender behind the 3420 so I think it was taken between 1953 and 1955; probably the earlier date.	9/30/2013 8:32:54 PM

John Sheridan	General	I meant 3429 not 2429.	9/30/2013 8:33:50 PM

John Sheridan	General	It was built by Baldwin in 1923 for passenger service. My dad told me it was the last steam engine to operate out of Shopton on a local, and it was the last engine there to be sent out to scrap. I know because I was down there every day during that time and saw it in the roundhouse when the removed the driver and bolted them on to the cat walk. Somewhere I have a photo of it in the yards as it was waiting to be taken away.	9/30/2013 8:38:31 PM

ATSF 4-6-2 #3420 - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Forlonely sitting in what appears to be a dead line, ATSF #3420 was a Baldwin built Pacific-type loco, class 3400. It had 74" drivers, an engine weight of 319,794 lb and a combined engine + tender wheelbase of 88.6'. This class was retired between 1950-55. The exact date and locataion of this photo is unknown.
Date: 6/1/1950	Location: Cleburne, TX Map	Views: 1334	Collection Of: Gary Everhart
Locomotives: ATSF 3420(4-6-2)			Author: Gary Everhart

Picture Categories: Roster,Yard,Steam		This picture is part of album: ATSF Steam

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