Southern Pacific 975

Specifications
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	2-10-2
• UIC	1′E1′ h2
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Driver dia.	64 in (1.626 m)
Length	94 ft 10 in (28.91 m)
Width	10 ft 5 in (3.18 m)
Axle load	59,600 lb (27,000 kg; 27.0 t)
Adhesive weight	282,000 lb (128,000 kg; 128 t)
Loco weight	352,000 lb (160,000 kg; 160 t)
Total weight	525,500 lb (238,400 kg; 238.4 t)
Fuel capacity	3,100 US gal (12,000 L; 2,600 imp gal)
Water cap.	10,000 US gal (38,000 L; 8,300 imp gal)
Firebox:
• Grate area	63 sq ft (5.9 m2)
Boiler pressure	200 lbf/in2 (1.38 MPa)
Heating surface	4,462 sq ft (414.5 m2)
Superheater:;
• Heating area	950 sq ft (88 m2)
Cylinders	Two, outside
Cylinder size	27.5 in × 32 in (698 mm × 813 mm)
Valve gear	Walschaerts

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	American Locomotive Company, Brooks plant
Serial number	57978
Build date	January 1918

Southern Pacific (T&NO) 975
Southern Pacific (T&NO) 975
	Southern Pacific No. 975 at the Illinois Railway Museum
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	American Locomotive Company, Brooks plant
Serial number	57978
Build date	January 1918
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	2-10-2
• UIC	1′E1′ h2
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Driver dia.	64 in (1.626 m)
Length	94 ft 10 in (28.91 m)
Width	10 ft 5 in (3.18 m)
Axle load	59,600 lb (27,000 kg; 27.0 t)
Adhesive weight	282,000 lb (128,000 kg; 128 t)
Loco weight	352,000 lb (160,000 kg; 160 t)
Total weight	525,500 lb (238,400 kg; 238.4 t)
Fuel capacity	3,100 US gal (12,000 L; 2,600 imp gal)
Water cap.	10,000 US gal (38,000 L; 8,300 imp gal)
Firebox:
• Grate area	63 sq ft (5.9 m2)
Boiler pressure	200 lbf/in2 (1.38 MPa)
Heating surface	4,462 sq ft (414.5 m2)
Superheater:;
• Heating area	950 sq ft (88 m2)
Cylinders	Two, outside
Cylinder size	27.5 in × 32 in (698 mm × 813 mm)
Valve gear	Walschaerts
Tractive effort
Performance figures
Tractive effort	63,300 lbf (281.6 kN)
Operators
Career
Operators	Texas and New Orleans Railroad
Class	F-1
Numbers	975
Nicknames	Deks
Delivered	March 1918
Retired	1957
Preserved	February 2, 1957
Current owner	Illinois Railway Museum
Disposition	On static display

Southern Pacific 975 is a 2-10-2 steam locomotive, built in 1918 by American Locomotive Company at the former Brooks Locomotive Works plant in Dunkirk, New York. It entered service on Southern Pacific subsidiary Texas and New Orleans Railroad in March 1918, where it worked until its retirement in 1957.

The T&NO donated the locomotive to the city of Beaumont, Texas, on February 2, 1957, with the project spearheaded by then Mayor Jimmie P. Cokinos. No. 975 is now preserved in static display at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois. It is one of only two Southern Pacific locomotives of this wheel arrangement to be preserved; the other is 982, which has moved to Union Station, Daikin Park in Houston, Texas in 2005.^[1]

References

^ JCI Houston - Southern Pacific 982

Locomotives of the Southern Pacific in preservation
Preserved steam engines	CP 1 Gov. Stanford ST&E 1 UP 737 SA&AP 60 Texas II EP&SW 1 T&NO 146 1 CP Huntington 8 9 18 CP 60 Jupiter (replica) CP 63 "Leviathan" (replica) MW219 CP 233 745 771 786 794 982 1215 1221 1227 1229 1233 1237 1238 1251 1258 1269 1273 1285 1293 1298 1629 1673 1727 1744 1765 1771 1774 1785 2018 2248 2252 2353 2355 2467 2472 2479 2521 2562 2579 2706 2718 2720 2825 2852 2914 2914 3025 3420 4449 4294 4460 5021
Preserved diesel engines	1000 1006 1100 1218 1423 1474 1487 1518 1530 1550 2873 2954 2958 3100 3194 3709 3769 3873 4404 4426 4451 5100 5119 5208 5253 5274 5399 5472 5623 6051 6378 6380 6402 6819 7207 7457 7304 7863 9010
Formerly preserved, scrapped	743 1294 1303 4450 5239 6309 6379 7498 7525

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