Southern Pacific class AC-5

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{{Infobox locomotive

| name = Southern Pacific class AC-5

| image = USA 034 Berkeley 3.jpg

| caption = SP 4116 on freight passing Berkeley bound for Oakland, California

| powertype = Steam

| operator = Southern Pacific Railroad

| gauge = {{track gauge|ussg|allk=on}}

| operatorclass = AC-5

| driverdiameter = {{convert|63|in|m|3|abbr=on}}

| cylindersize = {{convert|24|×|32|in|0|abbr=on}} (bore × stroke)

| locoweight = {{convert|622600|lb|kg t|abbr=on}}

| weightondrivers = {{convert|482500|lb|kg t|abbr=on}}

| boilerpressure = {{convert|235|psi|MPa|abbr=on}}

| tractiveeffort = {{convert|116900|lbf|kN|abbr=on}}

| feedwaterheater = 4{{frac|1|4}}-BL Worthington

| builder = Baldwin Locomotive Works

| serialnumber = 60866–60869, 60884–60889, 60952–60957

| builddate = July–September 1929

| totalproduction = 16

| firstrundate = August 16, 1929

| retiredate = 1955

| disposition = All scrapped

| fleetnumbers = 4110–4125

| whytetype = 4-8-8-2

}}

Southern Pacific Railroad's AC-5 class of steam locomotives was the railroad's second class of 4-8-8-2 cab forward locomotives. They were built between July and September 1929 and placed in service soon after construction. The AC-5 class was only slightly larger than the AC-4 class.

The first locomotive of this class, number 4110, holds the dubious honor of being the first 4-8-8-2 cab forward locomotive to be scrapped when it befell this fate on February 3, 1953, at the railroad's Sacramento, California, shops. The rest of the class were removed from service and scrapped by mid-1955. None of this class was preserved.

References

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  • {{cite book|author1=Diebert, Timothy S. |author2=Strapac, Joseph A. |name-list-style=amp | title=Southern Pacific Company Steam Locomotive Conpendium| publisher=Shade Tree Books| year=1987| isbn=0-930742-12-5}}

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AC-05

Category:4-8-8-2 locomotives

Category:Baldwin locomotives

Category:Simple articulated locomotives

Category:Railway locomotives introduced in 1929

Category:Steam locomotives of the United States

Category:Scrapped locomotives

Category:Standard-gauge locomotives of the United States

Category:Freight locomotives

Category:Cab forward steam locomotives