SouthWind Models 4-8-8-2: Southern Pacific (SP) #4278

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

SouthWind Models

Factory:

Green Art Brass Scale Models, Korea

Prototype Info

Category:

4-8-8-2

Year/Era:

1943

Manufacturer:

Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW)

Road Name:

Southern Pacific (SP)

Class:

AC-12

Model Info

Gauge:

Introduced:

2000

Road Number:

4278

Qty Made:

~50

Product Type:

Brass

Finish:

(unknown)

Notes:

These were the last steam engines that the Southern Pacific ordered. The basic design was that this was a 2-8-8-4 engine running in reverse (a.k.a "cab-forward"). The idea was to keep the crew from asphyxiating themselves while running a steam engine through a tunnel, by having the smoke be exhausted behind them. The last AC-12, #4294, is preserved in the California State Railroad Museum, Old Sacramento, California.