Union Pacific 4466
{{short description|Preserved American 0-6-0 locomotive}}
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{{Infobox locomotive
| name = Union Pacific 4466
| powertype = Steam
| gauge = {{track gauge|ussg}}
| image = UP 4466 Neil916.JPG
| caption = UP No. 4466 on static display at the California State Railroad Museum
| fueltype = Coal
| whytetype = {{whyte|0-6-0}}
| builder = Lima Locomotive Works
| builddate = October 1920
| driverdiameter = {{convert|51|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
| serialnumber = 6003
| boilerpressure = {{convert|180|psi|abbr=on}}
| cylindersize = {{convert|21|in|abbr=on}} dia × {{convert|26|in|abbr=on}} stroke
| locoweight = {{convert|159,000|lb|abbr=on}}
| locotenderweight =
| weightondrivers = {{convert|159,000|lb|abbr=on}}
| tractiveeffort = {{convert|34400|lbf|abbr=on}}, {{convert|78000|lbf|abbr=on}} with booster
| numinclass =
| operator = Union Pacific Railroad
California State Railroad Museum
| operatorclass = S-6 (Cabside class S-51)
| fleetnumbers = UP 4466
| nicknames =
| retiredate = July 1962 {{small|(revenue service)}}
1999 {{small|(excursion service)}}
| restoredate = 1984
| currentowner = California State Railroad Museum
| disposition = On static display
}}
Union Pacific 4466 is an S-6 class {{whyte|0-6-0}} "Switcher" type steam locomotive, built in October 1920 by the Lima Locomotive Works for the Union Pacific Railroad (UP) to perform switching chores and transfer runs.
History
=Revenue service=
No. 4466 spent most of its career in Cheyenne, Wyoming, as a shop switcher and was the UP Cheyenne Shop's last steam shop switcher. After its stint in Cheyenne, No. 4466 was transferred to Grand Island, Nebraska in 1960. The locomotive was retired from revenue service in July 1962. It continued to remain in Grand Island in storage until 1973 when it was donated to the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society.{{cite web|url=http://www.railarchive.net/randomsteam/up4466.htm |title=Richard Leonard's Random Steam Photo Collection - Union Pacific 0-6-0 4466 |publisher=Railarchive.net |date= |accessdate=February 4, 2014}}
===Excursion service===
In 1978, No. 4466 was donated to the California State Railroad Museum. In 1984, it was restored to operating service and pulled excursion trains for the museum. In 1986, 4466 ventured to Vancouver, British Columbia, to be part of Steam Expo '86. The engine and tender were loaded onto flatcars in Sacramento, and headed to Vancouver, via rail on a Union Pacific freight train. Once she had arrived in Vancouver, the locomotive and tender were unloaded, placed on the tracks and fired up in order to pass a safety test that would insure it was safe for the engine operate in Canada. At the conclusion of Expo '86, 4466 and her tender were again loaded onto flatcars and moved back to the CSRM, via Union Pacific freight train.{{Cite magazine|title=May 2021 Marks the 35th Anniversary of 'Steam Expo' Held during Expo '86|url=https://www.wcra.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/2021-April.pdf|magazine=WCRA News|volume=61|issue=2|publisher=West Coast Railway Association|date=May 2021|page=3|access-date=March 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129015920/https://www.wcra.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/2021-April.pdf|archive-date=January 29, 2022}} This was not the only time 4466 took part in such a celebration; it also went to Sacramento (its current home) to take part in Railfair's of 1991 and 1999.
=Disposition=
In 1999, the 4466’s FRA boiler certificate expired. The CSRM decided not to pursue an overhaul, causing the 4466 to be retired and put on indefinite static display. In 2012 it was taken out to take part in the Union Pacific's 150th anniversary celebration. As of 2023, it is currently on static display at the California State Railroad Museum. It was featured in the 2005 American film Memoirs of a Geisha.
Gallery
UP 4466-1.jpg|Union Pacific 4466 at SteamExpo 86
File:UP 4466 (31912062204).jpg|Union Pacific 4466 at SteamExpo 86
References
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Category:Individual locomotives of the United States
Category:Standard-gauge locomotives of the United States
Category:Preserved steam locomotives of California
Category:Railway locomotives introduced in 1920
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