Steam Locomotives 2009

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Using the same reasoning as the Southern Pacific, the Union Pacific also elected to purchase Alco 4-10-2s. To the U.P., these fast heavy haulers were "Overland"s! Delivery was in 1926, and the Overland Class led a dull existance, working the dry, arid regions between Los Angeles and Salt Lake City. The U.P. directed some differences in their 4-10-2s: dome-type throttle valve, extended smokebox front, Okadee overhead boiler blowdown system, etc.

Eventually, the U.P. mechanical bosses had enough of the 3-cylinder arrangement, and in 1942 the Los Angeles Shops converted all ten into two cylinder 4-10-2s, enlarged the sand dome and installed Boxpok main drivers. The smoke box lost it's flat chin and became round, and Worthington feedwater heaters were replaced by exhaust steam injectors.

Originally, the FTT class were equipped with Vanderbilt 12,000-gallon/20-ton coal tenders. These were converted to oil in the 1930s, and stayed that way until the end. The Division Point and Boo-Rim will offer this LIMITED EDITION project in different numbers. With only 80 pieces to be produced!

As usual, we are indebted to those folks who publish the information and photos we need. We urge you to buy their books and photos.
4-10-2 Three Barrels of Steam by James E. Boynton (1973, Glenwood Publishers, Felton, CA) A Century of Southern Pacifuc Steam Locomotives by Guy L. Dunscomb (1972, Guy L. Dunscomb & Son, Modesto, CA) Southern Pacific Steam Locomotive Pictorial by Jeff Ainsworth (2003, Monte Vista Publishing, La Crescenta, CA)

 

Class FTT (3-cylinder), Alco/Schenectady Works 1926, Road Nos. 8800-8809:
	DP-9061  Union Pacific #8800 4-10-2 Class FTT, ca. late 1930s-early 1940s
	DP-9063  Union Pacific Series 8800-8809 4-10-2 Class FTT, ca. late 1930s-early 1940s
Class FTT (rebuilt to 2-cylinder), U.P. Los Angeles Shops 1942, Road Nos. 5090-5099:
	DP-9065  Union Pacific #5091 4-10-2 Class FTT, ca. 1940s-1950s
	DP-9067  Union Pacific Series 5090-5099 4-10-2 Class FTT, ca. 1940s-1950s

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