Southern Pacific class MM-2

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{{Infobox locomotive

| name = Southern Pacific class MM-2

| powertype = Steam

| image = Southern Pacific forward cab locomotive.jpg

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| designer =

| builder = Baldwin Locomotive Works

| ordernumber =

| serialnumber = 36684, 36685, 36687–36689, 36703–36705, 36726, 36727, 36740, 36783

| buildmodel =

| builddate = July–August 1911

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| whytetype = 2-6-6-2 Mallet

| uicclass = (1′C)C1′ n4v or rather 1'C(C1')'

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

| leadingdiameter =

| driverdiameter = {{convert|63|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}

| trailingdiameter =

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| axleload =

| weightondrivers = {{convert|320100|lb|kg t|abbr=on}}

| locoweight = {{convert|384800|lb|kg t|abbr=on}}

| tenderweight =

| locotenderweight = {{convert|568000|lb|kg t|abbr=on}}

| tendertype =

| fueltype = Fuel oil

| fuelcap = {{convert|3200|usgal|abbr=on}}

| watercap = {{convert|10000|usgal|abbr=on}}

| sandcap =

| boiler =

| boilerpressure = {{convert|200|psi|MPa|2|abbr=on}}

| feedwaterheater = 4B Worthington

| firearea = {{convert|70|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

| tubearea =

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| totalsurface = {{convert|5292|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

| superheatertype = None

| superheaterarea =

| cylindercount = Four: two high pressure (rear), two low pressure (front)

| hpcylindersize = {{convert|25|x|28|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}

| lpcylindersize = {{convert|38|x|28|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}

| valvegear = Walschaerts

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| transmission =

| poweroutput =

| tractiveeffort = {{convert|74070|lbf|kN|2|abbr=on}}

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| safety =

| operator = Southern Pacific Company

| operatorclass = MM-2

| powerclass =

| numinclass =

| fleetnumbers = 4200 – 4211 (MM-2), renumbered 3900 – 3911 (AM-2)

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| deliverydate =

| firstrundate = September 19, 1911

| lastrundate =

| retiredate = 1946 – 1948

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| disposition = All scrapped

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Southern Pacific Company's MM-2 class of steam locomotives was one of Southern Pacific's (SP) only classes of 2-6-6-2 locomotives ordered and built as oil-fired cab forward locomotives. They were built in 1911 as compound-expansion Mallet locomotives by Baldwin Locomotive Works and entered service on SP beginning September 19, 1911. By 1914, they had all been upgraded with an additional leading axle making them 4-6-6-2 locomotives, reclassified from MM-2 to AM-2. This was done to improve handling at speed. These locomotives were the predecessors of several other cab-forward engines, culminating in the AC-12 class cab forward locomotives built during World War II.

SP used these locomotives in the Sierra Nevada for about 20 years, retiring them in the mid-1930s. They were stored in the railroad's Sacramento, California, shops for a couple years before being rebuilt with 4B Worthington feedwater heaters and uniform cylinders (making them simple-expansion them) measuring {{convert|22|x|28|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}, diameter × stroke. The rebuilds increased the class weight to {{convert|424,200|lb|kg|abbr=on}} with {{convert|356,900|lb|kg|abbr=on}} on the drivers, {{convert|210|psi|MPa|abbr=on}} boiler pressure and {{convert|76,800|lbf|kN|abbr=on}} tractive effort.

The rebuilt locomotives were renumbered into the 3900 series then used on SP's Portland Division in Oregon until they were again retired in the late 1940s. The locomotives were all scrapped soon after retirement with the last, 3907 (originally 4207), on September 23, 1948.