| Before joining ALCO, the Cooke Locomotive and Machine Shop built this ten-wheeler for Southern Pacific as their #2248. It arrived on July 10,1896. In 1901, it was renumbered SP 2248. The loco was leased to the P.F.E between 3/15/1945 to 3/10/1949. In 1961, SP sold it for scrap to the Purdy Co but Purdy resold it to the Texas State Ry as their #200 by way of C.T. Brown, thus saving it from the scrapper's torch. In 1976, Grapevine Vintage Railroad (GVRR) purchased the loco for its excursion trains. It even nicknamed it "Puffy".Since early 2016, the 2248 has been out of service. It is unclear of the current restoration status of if & when 2248 returns to service. This is an Elroy Griffin photo. |