Chinese-built Iowa Interstate Railroad’s 2-10-2 Santa Fe type steam locomotive pulls a passenger train at Rock Island, Illinois.
Jim Wrinn
2-10-2
•YEARS BUILT: 1903 to 1931
•YEARS BUILT: 1903 to 1931
•MANUFACTURERS: Baldwin, Lima, Brooks, Canadian, Montreal, China
•OPERATED ON: Burlington Route; Baltimore & Ohio; Wabash; Atlantic Coast Line; Boston & Albany; Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range; Southern Railway; among others
•NAME: Santa Fe
•QUANTITY: 2,200; Santa Fe had the most with 342
•BOILER PRESSURE: 220 psi
•KNOWN FOR: Used in freight service up to 40 mph due to stability problems, but this was corrected when cast steel frames were developed
•STATUS: Several on display, including two Chinese-built that were last operated by Iowa Interstate
