Southern Pacific 2706

Southern Pacific 2706
Type and origin Power type Steam Builder Baldwin Locomotive Works Serial number 23809 Build date 02/1904
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 216,000 lb (98,000 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 2706 First run 1904 Retired 1958 Current owner Colusa Steam in Colusa, California Disposition Awaiting restoration

Southern Pacific 2706 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.

History

2706 was retired along with the remaining Southern Pacific steam fleet in the late 1950s at the Bayshore Yard near Brisbane, California. After retirement, it was moved to Watsonville in 1962, and it was purchased by Rick Hammond and the Eccles and eastern railroad company it was moved to Santa Cruz on the day of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, where it was purchased by John Manley in 1999 (from Mike Hart) and subsequently moved to Colusa in 2007. Previously, Manley had worked on the team which restored SP 2467.

A new shop was constructed in 2012 to accommodate work on 2706.

See also

• Southern Pacific 2718
• Southern Pacific 2579 - a similar locomotive.

External links

• "Home Page". Colusa Steam. 2017. Archived from the original on 16 May 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
• Percy, Richard A. (2008). "Southern Pacific 'Consolidation' Class C-8 2-8-0: 58 units". Espee Railfan. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
• Lipps, Jeremy (7 November 2013). "#CALTRAIN150: Rise and Fall of the Bayshore Roundhouse". Peninsula Moves (blog). Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board. Retrieved 4 May 2017.