Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 3759, Steam locomotive at Locomotive Park, Kingman, United States
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 3759 is a 4-8-4 Northern-type steam locomotive built by Baldwin in 1928, displayed in Locomotive Park in Kingman, Arizona. Its black cylindrical boiler carries number plates reading 3759, with a round smokebox door, bell and short smokestack at the front. Large driving wheels linked by rods stand on rails laid across short concrete supports, and a boxy cab and tender sit at the rear.
Built by Baldwin in 1928 as a 3751 class 4-8-4 passenger locomotive, No. 3759 ran on the Santa Fe main line through Kingman, a water stop, and was retired in 1953 after covering over 2,585,000 miles. Recalled in February 1955 for the "Farewell to Steam" excursion between Los Angeles and Barstow, it made the last Santa Fe revenue steam run over Cajon Pass. Santa Fe donated it to Kingman in 1957, and it was listed on the National Register in 1986.
Kingman was a water stop on the Santa Fe main line, and No. 3759 regularly hauled passenger trains through the town. The city's ties to the railway led Santa Fe to donate the engine in 1957, and residents later pulled it forward 30 ft themselves to make room for caboose 999520. A nearby plaque calls the 4-8-4 a Mountain type, the Santa Fe's own designation.
The locomotive stands in Locomotive Park between Andy Devine Avenue and Beale Street, with the caboose 999520 displayed behind it since 1987. The site is open air and flat, so you can walk around the engine and read the nearby information plaque; Kingman summers are hot, so visit early and carry water.
In 1991 Grand Canyon Railway owner Max Biegert offered to lease 3759 and leave his own No. 19 in its place, hoping to restore it for runs between Williams and Los Angeles; Kingman's residents rejected the swap and the plan collapsed. The engine stayed put, and in 1987 residents pulled it forward 30 ft (9.1 m) to fit caboose 999520 behind it.
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