''T. D. Judah'' was the name of a

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steam locomotive owned by the

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. It was named in honor of the railroad's first chief engineer,

Theodore Dehone Judah Theodore Dehone Judah (March 4, 1826 – November 2, 1863) was an American civil engineer who was a central figure in the original promotion, establishment, and design of the First transcontinental railroad. He found investors for what became th ...

, who had championed and surveyed a passable route over the

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for the Transcontinental Railroad.

History and career

Like its sister engine, ''

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'', ''T. D. Judah'' was originally built by the Cooke Locomotive Works in 1863 for a railroad that was unable to pay for it. Later, the two were seen in the Cooke shops by

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and purchased for use on the

(CP), becoming the road's third and fourth locomotives respectively. Two other, larger engines, ''

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'' (number 1, built by Norris Locomotive Works) and ''Pacific'' (number 2, built by Mason Machine Works) had been purchased earlier. Originally built as a

4-2-4T Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles, two powered driving wheels on one axle, and four trailing wheels on two axles. This type of locomotive is ...

Forney type, ''T. D. Judah'' was a locomotive and tender on one frame. In 1872 the engine was rebuilt as a 4-2-2 with separate tender and may have been given other mechanical upgrades like its sister engine. The rebuild reduced the locomotive's overall weight to , with on the drivers. ''T. D. Judah'' was sold to the Wellington Colliery Company on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, where it found service as Wellington Colliery Railway's ''Queen Anne''. It was subsequently

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ped in 1912.

In popular culture

In the 1991 film '' The Little Engine that Could'', Tillie and Jebediah are based on this engine but are portrayed as 4-2-2 tank engines.

References

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