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Owner: Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe
Model:BLW 4-6-4Built As:ATSF 3460 (4-6-4)
Serial Number:62083Order No:
Frame Number:23.5X29.5 cylinders, 84" driveBuilt:0/1937
Notes:3460 class, Blue Goose.
Other locos with this serial:  ATSF 3460(4-6-4)
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ATSF 4-6-4 #3460 - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Title:  ATSF 4-6-4 #3460 - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Description:  Not sure the date on the back of this photo is accurate as it is only one year after the loco was built but the blue paint show a lot of wear already.Baldwin built this streamlined 4-6-4 Hudson as ATSF #3460 in 1937. Nicknamed "The Blue Goose" because it was painted originally in robins egg blue and silve, it was streamlined to haul "The Chief" from Chicago to La Junta, CO. After only 19 years of service, it was retired and sold for scrap to George T Cook Company on June 14,1956. Original specs - serial #62083, class 3460, 84" drivers, impressive 300 psi boiler pressure, 23.5x29.5' cylinders, engine wt of 420,400 lb and tractive force of 49,300 lb. No photographer or exact day in 1938 was given for the photo.
Photo Date:  6/1/1938  Upload Date: 8/15/2025 5:09:31 AM
Location:  Streator, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  ATSF 3460(4-6-4)
Views:  144   Comments: 0
ATSF 3460
Title:  ATSF 3460
Description:  ATSF 3460, The Blue Goose, the pride of my fllet on display at the Chattanooga Choo Choo, COPY RIGHT STIRLING CALLAHAN
Photo Date:  10/28/2010  Upload Date: 5/2/2012 12:19:51 AM
Location:  Chattanooga, TN
Author:  Stirling Callahan
Categories:  Model
Locomotives:  ATSF 3460(4-6-4)
Views:  1371   Comments: 3
ATSF 3460
Title:  ATSF 3460
Description:  The blue goose sits on my layout after another long trip to Chattanooga
Photo Date:  6/30/2011  Upload Date: 5/2/2012 12:25:37 AM
Location:  Gainesville, GA
Author:  Stirling Callahan
Categories:  Model
Locomotives:  ATSF 3460(4-6-4)
Views:  1108   Comments: 1
ATSF 3460
Title:  ATSF 3460
Description:  a beautiful girl reflects on her past...COPY RIGHT STIRLING CALLAHAN
Photo Date:  5/2/2012  Upload Date: 5/2/2012 2:22:07 AM
Location:  Gainesville, GA
Author:  Stirling Callahan
Categories:  Model
Locomotives:  ATSF 3460(4-6-4)
Views:  1021   Comments: 5
Friends
Title:  Friends
Description:  The 3460 rests at the engine facility with C&O 2760 (owned by Kerry Douglas) COPY RIGHT STIRLING CALLAHAN
Photo Date:  5/2/2012  Upload Date: 5/2/2012 2:29:28 AM
Location:  Chattanooga, TN
Author:  Stirling Callahal
Categories:  Model
Locomotives:  CO 2760(2-8-4) ATSF 3460(4-6-4)
Views:  1751   Comments: 1


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