| This 1896 Cooke built locomotive was a class DC and originally carried the number SP #1829 (serial #2341) before being renumbered SP 2248 in 1901. The Cooke Company records has the delivery as 7/10/1896. A good looking loco with the silvery white face and whitewall tires! In 1961, the loco was sold for scrap to the Purdy Company who turned around and sold it to the Texas State Ry as their new #200. It was in services as Stexas State Rwy #200 as late as June, 1976. Original specs - 63" drivers, 180 psi boiler pressure, 20x26" cylinders, engine weight of 142,350 lb, tractive effort of 25,260 lb. An Elroy Giffin photo reprint from 1957. |