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Southern Pacific / Texas & New Orleans 4-4-2 "Atlantic" Locomotives in the USA. Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media. Class A-1 (Locobase 8658) Data from T&NO 3 - 1932 Locomotive Diagrams supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive Rail Data Exchange.
The photo of the box shows the various configurations with which the model was available.
There were two classes of 4-6-2 locomotives designed and built under Government auspices; one, the generally called "light", more correctly 4-6-2A, with 55,000 lbs weight per driving axle, and "heavy", 4-6-2B, with 60,000 lbs per driving axle.
The Southern Railway Ps-4 was a class of 4-6-2 steam locomotives built for the Southern Railway, as well as its subsidiaries, the Alabama Great Southern Railroad and the Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway.
The Southern Pacific was a Class I railroad network that existed from 1865 to 1996 and operated largely in the Western United States. The system was operated by various companies under the names Southern Pacific Railroad, Southern Pacific Company and Southern Pacific Transportation Company.
No. 2472 is one of three surviving Southern Pacific P-8 class 4-6-2 Pacific locomotives, the other two being Nos. 2467 and 2479. The 4-6-2 designation means it has four leading wheels, six driving wheels, and two trailing wheels.
This page is dedicated to the surviving steam locomotives of the Southern Pacific Railroad and its subsidiaries. The information has been provided by members of the Southern Pacific email group and from the book co-authored by Diebert and Strapac, Southern Pacific Steam Locomotive Compendium.
