• Source: Southern Pacific class AC-3
    • 3/info/southern" target="_blank">Southern 3/info/pacific" target="_blank">Pacific Railroad's 3/info/ac" target="_blank">AC-3 3/info/class" target="_blank">class of steam locomotive was the 3rd and last cab forward design based on the 2-8-8-2 wheel arrangement. All 20 locomotives in this 3/info/class" target="_blank">class were rebuilds from MC-6 3/info/class" target="_blank">class locomotives originally built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1912 and 1913. The rebuilds all took place in the late 1920s at 3/info/southern" target="_blank">Southern 3/info/pacific" target="_blank">Pacific's Sacramento shops.
      After the rebuilds, these locomotives were used through World War II. The 3/info/ac" target="_blank">AC-3ś were used for long freight runs, and during World War II sometimes for passenger/troop cars. All of this 3/info/class" target="_blank">class were scrapped soon after retirement.
      The first to be retired from active service were numbers 4040 and 4045, both on October 21, 1946; the last was number 4032 on August 8, 1949.


      References


      Diebert, Timothy S. & Strapac, Joseph A. (1987). 3/info/southern" target="_blank">Southern 3/info/pacific" target="_blank">Pacific Company Steam Locomotive Conpendium. Shade Tree Books. ISBN 0-930742-12-5.

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