ATSF #684 - Athchison, Topeka & Santa Fe  Contributor's Pick!       
This is the first Santa Fe to wear the number 684 - later it would be a Dash9-44CW unit. This loco was built by Burnham, Wms & Co (Baldwin) in 1898 as one of the very first Baldwin built Pacifics iwth cast steel frames. It had small 57" drivers generated a boiler pressure of 180 psi for its 21"x28" cyldinders.The engine weight was a modest 156,130 lb and it could produce a tractive effort of 33,145 lb. Here it sits in the Topeka yard waiting for a new assignment. No photographer was identified.
Date: 1/30/1936 Location: Topeka, KS   Map Show Topeka on a rail map Views: 715 Collection Of:   Gary Everhart
Locomotives: ATSF 684(2-8-0)    Author:  Gary Everhart
ATSF #684 - Athchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Picture Categories: Roster,Steam,Action This picture is part of album:  ATSF STEAM ALBUM
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