Southern Pacific Railroad's AC-11 class of cab forward steam locomotives was the seventh class of 4-8-8-2 locomotives ordered by Southern Pacific (SP) from Baldwin Locomotive Works; [1] SP was so pleased with the AC-10 class built a year earlier that the railroad began placing orders for AC-11s while the AC-10s were still being built and ...

2024年11月6日 · Southern Pacific 4-8-8-2 "Cab Forward" #4252 (AC-11) works helper service on Tehachapi as train enthusiasts take in the action from a railfan special during the 1950s. American-Rails.com collection.

AC-8 (62266-62292 in July-October 1939) put 531,000 lb on the drivers and 657,000 lb on all engine axles combined. See AC-4 (Locobase 344) and AC-10 (Locobase 344) for the other engines in this arrangement.

Southern Pacific Railroad's AC-11 class of cab forward steam locomotives was the seventh class of 4-8-8-2 locomotives ordered by Southern Pacific (SP) from Baldwin Locomotive Works; SP was so pleased with the AC-10 class built a year earlier that the railroad began placing orders for AC-11s while the AC-10s were still being built and delivered.

Southern Pacific Railroad's AC-11 class of cab forward steam locomotives was the seventh class of 4-8-8-2 locomotives ordered by Southern Pacific (SP) from Bald...

Southern Pacific's AC-11 class of cab forward locomotives was the 7th class of 4-8-8-2 locomotives ordered by SP from Baldwin Locomotive Works.

Westside brass AC-11. Text to follow... Model References: Model Railroader June 1948 page 414-416 - plans for #4272. References: A Century of SP Steam Locomotives - Guy L. Dunscomb SP Co. Steam Locomotive Compendium - Diebert & Strapac Cab-Forward - Robert J. Church

Southern Pacific No. 4274 was a class AC-11 4-8-8-2 "Cab-Forward" type steam locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1943 and one of the last steam locomotives delivered to the Southern Pacific Railroad (SP).

Southern Pacific Railroad's AC-11 Class (meaning Articulated Consolidation) of cab forward steam locomotives was the seventh class of 4-8-8-2 locomotives ordered by Southern Pacific (SP) from Baldwin Locomotive Works; SP was so pleased with the AC-10 class built a year earlier that the railroad began placing orders for AC-11s while the AC-10s ...

2023年9月17日 · In the steam era, perhaps no sight was as unconventional as an encounter with one of the Southern Pacific cab-forwards. These monstrous AC class 4-8-8-2 steam locomotives turned engine design almost literally on its head by flipping the …