Southern Pacific class GS-1
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The GS-1 was a 4-8-4
Northern type steam locomotive
that served the Southern Pacific Railroad
and its Texas subsidiary the Texas and New Orleans Railroad
from 1930 to 1956. They were built by Baldwin Locomotive Works
and were numbered 4400 through 4409. GS stands for "Golden State" or "General Service."
The GS-1 had all of the basic steam locomotive features; a silver smokebox
with a mounted single headlight with a bell mounted just above it, teardrop classification lights, and whistles.
They were assigned to various passenger trains throughout the SP system, and ended their careers on the San Jose
-San Francisco
commutes.
No GS-1 locomotives survive.
4-8-4
Under the Whyte notation classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-4 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and four trailing wheels on two axles .Other equivalent classifications are:UIC classification: 2D2...
Northern type steam locomotive
Steam locomotive
A steam locomotive is a railway locomotive that produces its power through a steam engine. These locomotives are fueled by burning some combustible material, usually coal, wood or oil, to produce steam in a boiler, which drives the steam engine...
that served the Southern Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific Railroad
The Southern Pacific Transportation Company , earlier Southern Pacific Railroad and Southern Pacific Company, and usually simply called the Southern Pacific or Espee, was an American railroad....
and its Texas subsidiary the Texas and New Orleans Railroad
Texas and New Orleans Railroad
The Texas and New Orleans Railroad is a former railroad in Texas and Louisiana. At one point the company was the largest railroad in Texas, with of trackage in 1934, but by 1961 there were only remaining when it was merged with parent company Southern Pacific....
from 1930 to 1956. They were built by Baldwin Locomotive Works
Baldwin Locomotive Works
The Baldwin Locomotive Works was an American builder of railroad locomotives. It was located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, originally, and later in nearby Eddystone, Pennsylvania. Although the company was very successful as a producer of steam locomotives, its transition to the production of...
and were numbered 4400 through 4409. GS stands for "Golden State" or "General Service."
The GS-1 had all of the basic steam locomotive features; a silver smokebox
Smokebox
A smokebox is one of the major basic parts of a Steam locomotive exhaust system. Smoke and hot gases pass from the firebox through tubes where they pass heat to the surrounding water in the boiler. The smoke then enters the smokebox, and is exhausted to the atmosphere through the chimney .To assist...
with a mounted single headlight with a bell mounted just above it, teardrop classification lights, and whistles.
They were assigned to various passenger trains throughout the SP system, and ended their careers on the San Jose
San Jose, California
San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...
-San Francisco
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
commutes.
No GS-1 locomotives survive.