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| AT&SF 3765-Class 4-8-4 Northerns, Engineer Series |
| Photo of prototype |
The Santa Fe's first Northern was the 3751, built in 1927, at Baldwin's Eddystone Plant (Philadelphia). The new coal-fired locomotive had only 73" diameter drivers, but after a year's lull, an additional 13-nearly identical locomotives were built. In comparison to other roads' 4-8-4-contemporaries, they were rather unassuming in stature, but their performance pleased the motive department, exhibiting better tractive effort and lower fuel consumption than the road's 3700 class Mountains. By 1937, the Santa Fe, again working with Baldwin, had returned to the drawing board to create the 3765 class 4-8-4 engines. Much larger, they were oil burners, and had elegant, 80" Baldwin, type I, disc drivers. Number 3765 was originally intended to be streamlined, but weight overruns forced that effort to be abandoned. Very similar to the ensuing 3776 class engines, the 11-locomotives of this class are most easily distinguished by the deck-mounted, feedwater pump and single air compressor, and their so-called short 20,000 gallon tenders. Many were later retrofitted with telescoping stacks, and most were reboilered during the early 1950s. All of the engines in the group retained their original, type I, BLW disc drivers, throughout, but some got 3776/2900 hand-me-down rods. Only the 3768 survives. |
| AT&SF 3765s (DCC/Sound) MSRP: TBD; Del: TBD |
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| AT&SF 3765s (DC) MSRP: TBD; Del: TBD |
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| SFRH&MS/Stan Kistler Collection |
