Santa Fe 2913 is a 2900 class

4-8-4 Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles, eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles and four trailing wheels on two axles. The type wa ...

"Northern" type locomotive, built in 1943 by the

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, it pulled freight and passenger trains until its retirement in 1959, it is now on display in a park in

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, having been donated to the town upon retirement.

Surviving sister engines

3751 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe 3751 is a preserved class "3751" 4-8-4 "4-8-4, Heavy Mountain" type steam locomotive built in May 1927 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Eddystone (Philadelphia), Pennsylvania for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ra ...

moved from Viaduct Park in

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in 1986 for restoration to operating condition, which was completed in 1991. * 3759 is displayed at Locomotive Park in Kingman, Arizona. * 3768 is displayed at Great Plains Transportation Museum in Wichita, Kansas. * 2903 is displayed at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois. * 2912 is displayed at the Pueblo Railway Museum in Pueblo, Colorado. * 2921 is displayed at the Modesto Amtrak Station in Modesto, California. * 2925 is displayed at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento, California. * 2926 moved from Coronado Park in

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in 1999 to the New Mexico Steam Locomotive and Railroad Historical Society; then moved again for restoration to operating condition, which was completed in 2021.

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