2-8-8-4 - Southern Pacific

Southern Pacific

The Southern Pacific Railroad's famous "cab-forward" articulated steam locomotives were effectively a Yellowstone in reverse, but the SP also owned some conventional 2-8-8-4s for use on its less mountainous routes. Twelve AC-9 class locomotives were built by Lima in 1939; and featured skyline casings with striped pilots. Originally built to burn coal, they were later converted to oil firing.

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