The Southern Pacific Class T-1 is a class of 4-6-0 "Ten-Wheeler"

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s built by the

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and the

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for the

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History

In the mid-to-late 1890s, the

needed more motive power for heavy passenger usage on the

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's system. The

and the

were tasked on building and refining a new locomotive from scratch and from the drawing board for the

. This resulted in the formation of what became the Southern Pacific Class T-1, these locomotives were designed to be used as heavy passenger locomotives on the

. A total of 39 of these locomotives were ever built between 1896 and 1897 by the

and the

and all 39 locomotives were numbered 2235-2273. No. 2248 was modified to fight fires in the forests that were located next to the lines operated by the

but these modifications were later removed.

Preservation

Two locomotives have been preserved: Tarantula train FWWR 2000

* No. 2248 was saved from the scrapper's torch as it was selected to be part of

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's collection as they were looking for a locomotive to operate at one of their parks. However, the project never came to be and the 2248 was instead sold off to the Texas State Railroad (TSRR) in 1974, it was eventually restored to operating condition and was operated as Texas State Railroad No. 200. The locomotive would operate tourist excursions at the TSRR from 1976 until being taken out of service in 1981. In 1990. No. 2248 was later sold to the

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for use on the Tarantula Express and operated there until being taken out of service again in 1999 due to major boiler work being required on the locomotive. In 2001, 2248 was restored back to operation and later sold again to the Grapevine Vintage Railroad in 2004 where it operated more excursions until being taken out of service once again in early 2016 due to boiler issues. Southern Pacific No

Southern Pacific Locomotive at Roseville California station

* No. 2252 was also saved from the scrapper's torch and was donated by the

to the City of

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where the locomotive was placed on static display until 2003 when the locomotive was moved to its current location near the Southern Pacific's

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and is currently on display outside along with a

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History

Preservation

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