my ESPEE MODELERS ARCHIVE

California's Railroad to the U.S. 1861 - 1996

20 units built

The first of the last. AC-12 4275 was first of the class which were the last built. Only 4294 survives. Photo was snapped along the line near Coyote (between Morgan Hill and San Jose) in the early 1950s. Photo from the collection of Gene Deimling

#4294 preserved in the California State Railroad Museum, Old Sacramento, California

Text to follow...

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

Modeling choices at the moment are:

• For Z Scale:
  • American Z Lines

• For N Scale:
  • InterMountain have released an N Scale AC-12

• For HO Scale:
  • Rivarossi AC-12
  • Intermountain AC-12

• For S Scale:
  • ?

• For O Scale:
  • ?

Photos courtesy and © Phil Agur