Southern Pacific 5021
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Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) number 5021 is an class 4-10-2 steam locomotive built in 1926 by ALCO at their Schenectady, New York, shops. It is the only member of this class of SP locomotives to be preserved, and it is one of only five 3-cylinder locomotives preserved in North America.
It was designed to haul mixed freight and passenger trains over the Sierra Nevada range between northern California and Nevada. Later in its career, 5021 was shifted to service in Oregon, until its retirement in 1955. SP donated 5021 to the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society on March 8, 1956. It was fired up in 1961 and ran in the museums spur that it used to get its rolling stock there, but the Southern Pacific did not like this, so they were forced to pull the tracks in 1963. 5021 was stored in the ATSF´s roundhouse, while it was their, a Possible excursion career for the 5021 was being arranged by the Santa Fe, but the plans were dropped. After this, 5021 sat in Southern Pacific´s San Bernardino yard until 1975, when it was moved to the Southern Pacific Taylor Yard in Glendale, CA. Shortly after it was moved back to the RaiGiants Museum. when Southern Pacific 4449 was on display with the American Freedom Train in the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds.
5021 is on permanent display at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in Pomona, California.
The engine itself made a cameo appearance in the 1994 Kidsongs Video: Boppin' with the Biggles, and also played the ghost train in the 1991 film Sometimes They Come Back albeit the whistle came from Norfolk and Western 1218.
References[]
- Diebert, Timothy S. & Strapac, Joseph A. (1987). Southern Pacific Company Steam Locomotive Conpendium. Shade Tree Books. ISBN 0-930742-12-5.
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- Southern Pacific Railroad locomotives
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- 4-10-2 locomotives
- Preserved steam locomotives of the United States
- Standard gauge locomotives of the United States
- Railway locomotives introduced in 1926
- Preserved steam locomotives of California