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Wednesday, December 15, 2010

CPRR locomotive 1543

From: Stanley.Calvin@nrgenergy.com

Do you have any service records or history on CPRR locomotive 1543? It was a 4-6-0 steam locomotive sometime in circa 1870's. ...

—Homer Calvin

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  1. From: kylewyatt@aol.com

    The locomotive was built in 1868 by the Danforth Locomotive & Machine Company (later the Cooke Locomotive Works) as Central Pacific #75. It was renumbered #1543 in the 1891 system-wide renumbering. The photo is in the late 1890's. It was scrapped in May 1903.

    —Kyle Wyatt

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  2. From: Stanley.Calvin@nrgenergy.com

    ... thank you for the information that you provided. Are there any of these particular types of locomotive still in existence and if so, where?

    —Homer Calvin

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  3. From: kylewyatt@aol.com

    I know of no late 1860's Danforth locomotive survivors, but after a fashion, there are some interesting survivors.
    Western & Atlantic 4-4-0 "Texas," built in 1858 by Danforth, Cooke & Co, is on display in Atlanta, Georgia.
    Southern Pacific #1 (ex Central Pacific #3) 4-2-4T "CP Huntington," built by Danforth, Cooke in 1863, is at the California State Railroad Museum.

    There are also some survivors by other builders.
    There is the remains of an 1871 Rogers 4-4-0 (reboilered) in a small seaport town in Peru.
    Western & Atlantic 4-4-0 "General," built in 1858 by Rogers, is displayed at Kennesaw, Georgia.
    Another 1858 Rogers 4-4-0 from Georgia is at the Henry ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan.
    There are also several Baldwin 4-4-0s from the early 1870's in different locations.

    The National Park Service had replicas built of Union Pacific 4-4-0 #119 (Rogers, 1868) and Central Pacific #60 "Jupiter" (Schenectady, 1868), displayed at Golden Spike National Historic Site in Utah.
    Dave Kloke has used the National Park service patterns to build Central Pacific 4-4-0 #63 "Leviathan," also Schenectady, 1868.

    —Kyle Wyatt

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  4. From: Stanley.Calvin@nrgenergy.com

    That's too bad, she was a beauty, the way her boiler flared up to the cab and cylinders were mounted in a slight angle. She looked like a very powerful engine for her time with this 4-6-0 drive arrangement. Do you know of any other known photos of this type? I'm sorry to keep bothering you about this type of locomotive, but for some weird reason I am just fixated on it. ...

    —Homer Calvin

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  5. From: kylewyatt@aol.com

    Google Sierra Railway 3 – that is an 1891 Rogers 4-6-0 that has just been rebuilt for operation by Railtown 1897 State Historic Park in Jamestown, California. You my know this locomotive from the numerous movies and TV shows it has appeared in over the years.

    —Kyle

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