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Southern Pacific
'Cab - Forward'
Class AC-7
4-8-8-2

26 units built

4151 4152 4153 4154 4155 4156 4157 4158 4159
4160 4161 4162 4163 4164 4165 4166 4167 4168 4169
4170 4171 4172 4173 4174 4175 4176

see desc. below

The AC-7 class had twenty six members like the 4175. This shot was taken in the Sparks, Nevada engine terminal on July 25, 1938. Photo from the collection of Gene Deimling

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A photo in Day Trains of the Coast Line - AC-7 #4171 at San Luis Obispo hauls the Coast Daylight alone as the GS-4 had failed.

References:

  • A Century of SP Steam Locomotives - Guy L. Dunscomb
  • SP Co. Steam Locomotive Compendium - Diebert & Strapac
  • Cab-Forward - Robert J. Church
  • Cab-In-Front (The Half Century Story of An Unconventional Locomotive) - John.B.Hungerford © 1959
    • reprinted by PFM 1974

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