T&P Train #600

Baird, TX
T&P Train #600

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Specifications

T&P T&P # 600
Class P-1
Builder Baldwin
Build Date 4-1919
Wheel Type 4-6-2
Cylinders 26 X 28
Drivewheel Dia. 73 in.
Boiler Pressure 200 psi
Grate Area 59.60 in²
Weight 275,080 lbs.
Tractive Force 44,200 lbs.
Service Passenger
Photo Credit The Grace Museum - The Portal to Texas History
Date March 1, 1950
Category Steam Engine

  Remarks

To T&P 700

Description

Photograph of T&P train #600 moving over a short section of track on a bridge. There are a few men near the front end of the train and a large plume of black smoke rising from the engine. Written below the image are "T&P '600' I-1-D pulling train up Baird Hill photo appeared in Mar 1950 Trains" and "Ulric Meisel Photo."

Meisel, Ulric. [T&P Train #600], photograph, March 1950; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth853058/: accessed March 5, 2020), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Grace Museum.