Name a railroad that stopped buying steam locomotives earlier, I’ll start, Great Northern Northern 4-8-4 S2s 1930
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Maryland and Pennsylvania RR, Consolidation 2-8-0, 1925.
Paul
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The Jersey Central, 1930, 4-6-2 Pacifics. And those were the last steam purchases.
It was the Great Depression, they couldn’t afford any new power and wouldn’t be able to until 1946 and then after briefly considering Challenger types for their coal trains they went with diesels.
Southern Rwy, Ps-4, 1928
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The Gulf, Mobile, and Northern Railroad (GM&N) purchased its last new steam locomotives in 1928, acquiring two 4-6-2 light Pacific locomotives, numbers 425 and 426, from Baldwin Locomotive Works. The 425 is the only surviving locomotive of that order and still operates in excursion service for the [Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad]
I wish that they would honor that engine’s true heritage and letter it for the Gulf Mobile and Northern.
The Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) purchased its last new steam locomotives in
1920–1922, primarily acquiring 4-6-2 “Pacific” type engines from the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) to handle passenger service and their Overseas Railroad to Key West. Notable late-era locomotives, such as #148 (built 1920) and #153 (built 1922), were later sold to U.S. Sugar in the 1950’s.
I did forget to mention their order of 4-8-2’s in the mid 1920s, but still before 1930
I’m sure there’s a lot of Reading fans who’d love to see their T-1 lettered “Reading” but hey, they’re the RBM&N’s engines, they pay for the upkeep, care and feeding of the same. We should be more than grateful for that!
El correcto
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