The

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway , often referred to as the Santa Fe or AT&SF, was one of the larger railroads in the United States. The railroad was chartered in February 1859 to serve the cities of Atchison and Topeka, Kansas, and S ...

class 5011 was the last class of

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s to be purchased by AT&SF. The class was introduced by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1944.

History

A total of 25 of these large engines were built. They were nicknamed "War Babies" by the AT&SF from being built and used during

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. The AT&SF ran the class from the mid-1940s to the mid-late 1950s. Despite being mainly freight haulers, their driving wheels were unusually tall for a "Texas" type, which led to them also being successful in passenger service.

Specifications

Numbers 5011 to 5035, when built, were the largest and fastest class of "Texas"-type locomotives ever built and equipped with Timken

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s on every axle. The engines had a maximum output of measured at the rear of the tender, at a top speed of .

Present day

Four of the class 5011 locomotives were preserved by the AT&SF for museums, with the remainder being scrapped. The four preserved locomotives are: * #5011 — at the

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, Kirkwood, Missouri. * #5017 — at the

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, Green Bay, Wisconsin * #5021 — at the

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. * #5030 — at Salvador Perez Park, in

Santa Fe, New Mexico Santa Fe ( ; , Spanish for 'Holy Faith'; tew, Oghá P'o'oge, Tewa for 'white shell water place'; tiw, Hulp'ó'ona, label= Northern Tiwa; nv, Yootó, Navajo for 'bead + water place') is the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico. The name “S ...

References

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History

Specifications

Present day

See also

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