Southern Pacific 2718

Southern Pacific 2718
Type and origin Power type Steam Builder Baldwin Locomotive Works Serial number 23890 Build date 03/1904
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 2-8-0 Gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge Driver dia. 57 in (1,448 mm) Adhesive weight 191,900 lb (87,000 kg) Loco weight 216,700 lb (98,300 kg) Fuel type Bunker oil Cylinder size 22 in × 30 in (559 mm × 762 mm) dia × stroke
Performance figures Tractive effort 45,470 lbf (202,300 N)
Career Operators Southern Pacific Class C-8 Number in class 58 Numbers 2718 First run 1904 Retired 1956 Current owner Modoc County, California Disposition Static display

Southern Pacific 2718 is a 2-8-0 "Consolidation" Class C-8 steam locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1904 for the Southern Pacific Transportation Company (SP). It is one of three surviving members of its class, and one of many preserved SP 2-8-0s.

2718 spent its entire life working on the Southern Pacific for 52 years until November 1956, when it was retired and donated to Modoc County, California, where it is preserved on static display outdoors in Rachael Dorris Park, near the Modoc County Historical Museum in Alturas. While in service for the SP, 2718 was used on the route previously established by the Nevada–California–Oregon Railway (N.C.O.) between Alturas and Reno, Nevada, primarily pulling livestock freight trains, but also including passenger service between 1927 and 1938.

The "Consolidation" class is named for the merger of the Beaver Meadow, Penn Haven & White Haven, and Lehigh & Mahanoy railroads, which became the Lehigh Valley Railroad.

See also

• Southern Pacific 895
• Southern Pacific 2562
• Southern Pacific 2706

External links

• Percy, Richard A. (2008). "Southern Pacific 'Consolidation' Class C-8 2-8-0: 58 units". Espee Railfan. Retrieved 28 April 2017.