S&A 750 Class 4-6-2

S&A 750 Class 4-6-2

The Savannah & Atlanta 750 class consisted of three sister locomotives acquired used from the Florida East Coast. The trio had been built by American Locomotive Company between 1910 and 1920. Although acquired in separate batches over a long period of time, the engines were nearly identical (the FEC had upgraded 80 - later S&A 750 - with superheat and a larger cylinder bore to match the later two engines.) These Pacifics, while light, were sufficient for the relatively flat FEC.

Reductions in mileage and services during the Great Depression rendered a significant portion of FEC's 4-6-2 fleet surplus. Forty-nine were sold off to various smaller roads across the Southeastern USA. Many found their home in the state of Georgia, where the low, 69 inch drivers were well-suited to the hill-and-dale country of the Coastal Plain and Piedmont. The Savannah & Atlanta Railway bought a trio during 1935 and 1936. FEC 80 became 750, FEC 141 became 751, and FEC 136 became 752.

On the S&A, like most lines receiving the FEC Pacifics, the engines were used as dual purpose locomotives. Documenation of the class's service life on the S&A is scarce. The only photograph of the locomotive with a train on the S&A that this author could locate shows 750 on the point of a mixed train in Camak, Georgia during 1937. Several photos show 750 and 751 on ready lines at engine terminals during the early 1940s. By 1948, 750 was in storage. However, 750 remained on the roster, and it received a major rebuild (including complete replumbing and a tender swap) prior to 1962. At that time, the S&A donated the locomotive to the Atlanta Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society.

Soon after being donated, the Atlanta Chapter was using 750 on excursions in Georgia. Later in the 1960s, the Southern Railway began leasing 750 for use on excursions. 750, because of its size and the desired train lengths, was often run doubled headed with Southern Railway 630 (2-8-0) during the 1970s. Increasing train lengths in the Southern Steam Program eventually led to 750 being sidelined in favor of larger power. In the mid 1980s, the state of Georgia ran an excursion program called the New Georgia Railroad which featured 750 as the only steam engine until Atlanta & West Point 290 became operational in the early 1990s.

The decades of service eventually caught up with 750, and it last ran in August of 1989. Since that time, S&A 750 has been on display at the Southeastern Railway Museum in Duluth, Georgia. Due to the wear from its excursion career, it would require much work and money to be restored to operation; while it is not impossible for it to happen, it is extremely unlikely that 750 will operate again.

Builder: ALCo
Driver Size: 69 inches
Cylinders: 22 by 26 inches
Weight: 204,000 pounds
Boiler Pressure: 200 PSI

S&A 750 Class 4-6-2
• config.txt 29.43KB
• readme.txt 4.47KB
sa_750_alpha_numbers
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alphanumber_9b.tga 8.04KB
sa_750_art
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sa_750_art_icon.texture.txt 61 bytes
thumbnail.jpg 6.64KB
sa_750_body
bell.im 51.20KB
bell.kin 9.34KB
bell.lm.txt 250 bytes
brakehiss.evt 23 bytes
brakehose.im 15.56KB
brakehose.kin 3.14KB
brakehose.lm.txt 255 bytes
brakes.im 125.51KB
brakes.kin 3.61KB
brakes.lm.txt 251 bytes
cab.texture.txt 26 bytes
cab.tga 1.00MB
crew.im 53.85KB
crew.kin 12.86KB
crew.lm.txt 250 bytes
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digit_4a.texture.txt 49 bytes
digit_4b.texture.txt 49 bytes
digit_5a.texture.txt 49 bytes
digit_5b.texture.txt 49 bytes
digit_6a.texture.txt 49 bytes
digit_6b.texture.txt 49 bytes
ebtdriver.texture.txt 32 bytes
ebtdriver.tga 256.04KB
ebtdriver2.texture.txt 33 bytes
ebtdriver2.tga 256.04KB
glass.texture.txt 28 bytes
glass.tga 64.04KB
lod1.im 1.63MB
lod2.im 732.00KB
lod3.im 184.94KB
lod4.im 24.75KB
low.im 432 bytes
nightmode.im 596 bytes
nightmode.lm.txt 254 bytes
sa750_body.texture.txt 55 bytes
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sa750_body_norm.tga 4.00MB
sa750_chassis.texture.txt 61 bytes
sa750_chassis.tga 4.00MB
sa750_chassis_normal.texture.txt 75 bytes
sa750_chassis_normal.tga 4.00MB
sa_750_body.lm.txt 349 bytes
shadow1.texture.txt 49 bytes
shadow1.tga 64.04KB
small_parts.texture.txt 57 bytes
small_parts.tga 4.00MB
small_parts_norm.texture.txt 67 bytes
small_parts_norm.tga 4.00MB
summer.im 37.72KB
summer.lm.txt 252 bytes
winter.im 43.23KB
winter.lm.txt 252 bytes
sa_750_sound
compressor.wav 180.19KB
dynamo.wav 41.75KB
hiss.wav 108.62KB
injector.wav 79.72KB
• steamscript.gs 14.48KB