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Steam Engine 3751 built by Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1927. Experimental locomotive built for purpose of developing motive power suitable for handling heavy passenger trains over mountain territory. This locomotive was the forerunner of 13 additional locomotives, 3751 class, built during years 1928-1929, and 11 locomotives 3765 class built in 1938. These locomotives ran in heavy and fast passenger service between La Junta, Wellington and Los Angeles.
Date: 1927
Item Number: 210729
Call Number: A.T.S.F. Coll. Series 6/3.012, #LA-4439
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 210729
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Business and Industry - Railroad - Locomotives - Steam
Collections - Photograph - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Date - 1920s - 1927
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Transportation - Railroads - Locomotives - Steam
Type of Material - Photographs
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