The Ron V. Nixon Collection

Steam Locomotive Record - NP78

1907 Number: 78 Wheel Type: 2-8-0 Type Name: Consolidation Class: F-1 Builder: Baldwin Year Built: 1888 Construction Number: 9520 Railroad: Northern Pacific Railway Former Owner: Former Number 1: 479 Former Number 2: Former Number 3: Disposition: Scrapped S Tacoma Remarks: Total built - 32 (50-81). Class F-1 was the most famous NP Consolidation and was known over the system as the "Baldwin hog." These rugged engines were used in the mountains and on heavy grades, mostly on the Continental Divide and in the Cascades. Many of them were in continuous use for over 60 years, the last ones in service on logging runs on the Tacoma Division.

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Ron V. Nixon Collection - Museum of the Rockies, Montana State University - Bozeman