PRR J1a #6410 & SF 2-10-4 #5035 - Bellevue, Ohio (1956)

This AUDIO recording has another introduction by Howard Fogg, and features PRR J1a #6410 and SF 2-10-4 #5035 hauling coal trains in Bellevue, Ohio in October of 1956. First part is #6410, second part is #5035. Enjoy!

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• 2-10-4
• texas
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• Fe
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• bellevue
• ohio
• coal
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• howard
• fogg
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• freight
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[Driverman2008]

I didn't know that the Pennsylvania Railroad leased some Santa Fe Santa Fes.

[dcoursey82]

Yep, back in '56, they leased 12 of these Santa Fe Texas types during a surge in coal traffic...

[Driverman2008]

Were they oil-fired or coal-fired?

[dcoursey82]

Yes, the J1a's were coal fired, but the Santa Fe engines were oil fired...most western engines were, as coal was less abundant out west.

[PassionForTrains]

0:50 Skip >>>

[chism26]

Oil fired altho some sante fe texis classes where coal the first two orders had them

[MrHadley2011]

at 2:15 the Bellevue Turntable has some extension rails so that they could turn the ATSF locomotives.... The tenders were longer than the PRR.... Yea If your a fan on the 2-10-4 texas types  dont forget the C&O.. They had them also.

[bigtex144]

I love the photo at about 2:15 ... the SF #5022 doesn't quite fit on the turntable, but there's that little "track extension device" that hangs out over the edge of the turntable and raises up above other tracks so it can rotate around. I'd love to see in detail how it works. Pretty ingenious way to handle a truly massive locomotive!

[Dakotajohnboy]

@trainman551 Santa Fe had the first of that arrangment, but it really was more a 2-10-2. If you look at pictures, the trailing truck carried very little weight. The TRUE super-power Texas type was ordered by the Texas & Pacific. And heres a lil tidbit, it was actually ordered BEFORE the first Super-power Berkshire order was placed. The 2-10-4 actually came BEFORE the 2-8-4. Look it, classic trsins ran a story on it.

[Dakotajohnboy]

@Bill0254 The C&O lent a 2-10-4 to the pennsy and the N&W lent 2-8-8-2 for testing. The choice was the 2-10-4 wheel arragned. No real reason has ever been found. Many have ideas as to why. One is used to Pennsy steam with Belphire fireboxes. This is one of the first without them. And the locomotive is a 2-10-4, which it the Texas Type (Texas & Pacific being the first pruchasers of the type.) After all fo that, the Pennsy owned THE most of this type then any other railroad in the US.

[brdiesel]

@Bill0254 The J1 is The C&O T1 with a Penssy look...LOL

[Automcanic]

@Bill0254 makes sense why it would be in bellevue

[trainman551]

the 2-10-4 j1 texas type came from the sant fa 2-10-4 right

[b3j8]

These sounds came off a record called "Power of the Past"

that Howard Fogg put out in the late 1950's with Owl Records.

Absolutely fabulous collection of midwest steam!