Southern Pacific class MC-1 explained

Southern Pacific class MC-1
Powertype:Steam
Operator:Southern Pacific Railroad
Operatorclass:MC-1
Driverdiameter:573NaN3
Hpcylindersize:26x
Lpcylindersize:40x
Locoweight:425900lb
Weightondrivers:394150lb
Boilerpressure:200psi
Tractiveeffort:94880lbf
Numinclass:2
Fleetnumbers:4000, 4001
Builder:Baldwin Locomotive Works
Serialnumber:33340, 33341
Builddate:April 1909
Firstrundate:May 26, 1909
Retiredate:1948
Disposition:scrapped
Whytetype:2-8-8-2

Southern Pacific Railroad's MC-1 class of steam locomotive consisted of two locomotives built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in April 1909. They are the first two locomotives converted by Southern Pacific (SP) to run as cab forward locomotives.

The first of these two, number 4000, entered service on May 26, 1909. It was rebuilt as a cab forward and reclassified as an MC-2 in June 1923. Another rebuild on June 4, 1931, "simpled" it with uniform cylinders and reclassified it as an AC-1. 4000 was scrapped on April 2, 1948. The second locomotive in this class, 4001, entered service on May 30, 1909. It was rebuilt as an MC-2 in April 1923, "simpled" on February 9, 1931, retired from active service on May 23, 1947, and scrapped on June 14, 1947, at SP's Sacramento shops.

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