Southern Pacific class GS-1
Appearance
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The Southern Pacific GS-1 was a class of conventional 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotive operated by the Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) and its Texas subsidiary the Texas and New Orleans Railroad (T&NO) from 1930 to 1956. A total of fourteen were built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works, numbered 4400 through 4409 by SP and 700 through 703 by T&NO. GS stands for "Golden State" or "General Service."
History
[edit]The GS-1s were assigned to various passenger trains throughout the SP system, and ended their careers on the San Jose-San Francisco Peninsula Commute service.
No GS-1 locomotives survive.
Fleet details
[edit]Number | Date built | Serial number | Date entered service | Date scrapped | Notes |
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4400 | May 1930 | 61410 | August 23, 1930 | March 23, 1954 | Loaned to T&NO as No. 708 from 1943 to 1952.[1] Returned to the SP as No. 4470 in March 1953 and renumbered again as No. 4400 in July of that year.[1] |
4401 | June 1930 | 61411 | August 25, 1930 | June 8, 1955 | Used for evaluation of various burner arrangements and different usage grades of oil in Sacramento, California in September 1946 until late 1951.[1] |
4402 | June 1930 | 61412 | August 26, 1930 | April 24, 1959 | Rebuilt in February 1932, after being involved in a boiler explosion at Richvale, California on December 25, 1931.[1] |
4403 | June 1930 | 61413 | August 27, 1930 | August 15, 1955 | Loaned to T&NO as No. 709 in 1943.[1] Returned to the SP as No. 4471 in 1952 and renumbered again in July 1953 as No. 4403.[1] |
4404 | June 1930 | 61414 | August 27, 1930 | ? | Sold to T&NO as No. 710 in 1943.[1] |
4405 | June 1930 | 61415 | August 28, 1930 | May 27, 1957 | Vacuum brakes added in February 1957.[1] |
4406 | July 1930 | 61430 | September 18, 1930 | ? | Sold to T&NO as No. 704 in March 1941.[1] |
4407 | July 1930 | 61431 | September 22, 1930 | June 1, 1955 | Loaned to T&NO as No. 705 from 1941 to 1952.[1] Returned to the SP on April 20, 1953.[1] |
4408 | July 1930 | 61432 | September 24, 1930 | August 15, 1955 | Loaned to T&NO as No. 706 from 1941 to 1953.[1] Returned to the SP on April 20, 1953.[1] Used as an official portrait of this locomotive class.[1] |
4409 | July 1930 | 61433 | October 9, 1930 | September 6, 1955 | Loaned to T&NO as No. 707 from 1941 to 1952.[1] Returned to the SP on June 11, 1953.[1] |
4470 | May 1930 | 61390 | August 12, 1930 | May 31, 1956 | Originally No. 700 from T&NO in December 1952 as SP's second No. 4403 replacement in March 1953.[1] Renumbered again as SP's second No. 4470 in July of that year.[1] |
4471 | May 1930 | 61391 | August 13, 1930 | January 20, 1956 | Originally No. 701 from T&NO in January 1953, became SP's second No. 4471 in July of that year.[1] |
4472 | June 1930 | 61408 | August 8, 1930 | July 9, 1956 | Originally No. 702 from T&NO in January 1953, became SP's second No. 4404 in April of that year.[1] Renumbered again as No. 4472 three months later.[1] |
4473 | June 1930 | 61409 | August 7, 1930 | February 15, 1955 | Originally No. 703 from T&NO in January 1953, then became SP's No. 4406 replacement in April of that year.[1] Renumbered again as No. 4473 three months later.[1] |
References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Diebert, Timothy S.; Strapac, Joseph A. (1987). Southern Pacific Company Steam Locomotive Conpendium (1st ed.). Shade Tree Books. ISBN 0-930742-12-5.
Further reading
[edit]- Church, Robert J. (1976). Those Daylight 4-8-4's: The Story of Southern Pacific GS class Locomotives (1st ed.). Kratville Publications.
Categories:
- Southern Pacific Railroad locomotives
- 4-8-4 locomotives
- Baldwin locomotives
- Passenger locomotives
- Railway locomotives introduced in 1930
- Steam locomotives of the United States
- Scrapped locomotives
- Standard gauge locomotives of the United States
- Steam locomotive stubs
- United States train and rolling stock stubs