C. P. Huntington

C. P. Huntington

C. P. Huntington after its 1888 rebuild in Sacramento

Type and origin Power type Steam Builder Cooke Locomotive Works Serial number 277 Build date October 1863

Specifications Configuration 4-2-4T UIC class 2′A2′ nt Gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge Driver dia. 54 in (1,372 mm) Adhesive weight 18,500 lb (8,400 kilograms; 8.4 metric tons) Loco weight 39,000 lb (18,000 kilograms; 18 metric tons) Boiler pressure 125 lbf/in2 (862 kPa) Cylinders Two, outside Cylinder size 11 in × 15 in (279 mm × 381 mm) Valve gear (?) Valve type Slide valves

Performance figures Tractive effort 3,571 lbf (15.88 kN)

Career Operators Central Pacific, Southern Pacific Numbers CP 3, SP 1, renum 1001 in 1891 Official name C. P. Huntington First run April 15, 1864 Current owner California State Railroad Museum Disposition Static display

C. P. Huntington is a 4-2-4T steam locomotive on static display at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento, California, USA. It is the first locomotive purchased by the Southern Pacific Railroad, carrying that railroad's number 1. The locomotive is named in honor of Collis P. Huntington, the third president of the Southern Pacific Company (parent company of Southern Pacific Railroad).

C. P. Huntington was originally purchased by Central Pacific Railroad (CP) in 1863 as that railroad's number 3, along with its sister engine T. D. Judah (CP no. 4). It was CP's third locomotive after Gov. Stanford (number 1, built by Norris Locomotive Works) and Pacific (number 2, built by Mason Machine Works). CP used the locomotive beginning on April 15, 1864, during construction of the western portion of the First Transcontinental Railroad in North America.

Southern Pacific (SP) purchased C. P. Huntington from CP on February 5, 1871, gave it their number 1, and used it in light service in northern California. It was rebuilt twice, first in 1873 with new valves and again in 1888 with a new boiler built by CP's Sacramento shops. In 1888 the locomotive was also put on public display for the first time in Sacramento.

In SP's 1891 renumbering plan, C. P. Huntington was assigned 1001. The locomotive was placed in storage for some time until it was rebuilt for use as a lineside weed burner in 1901. Its use as a weed burner proved unsatisfactory and the locomotive was again removed from active service. In 1910, C. P. Huntington was again rebuilt and it was then kept at SP's machine shops where it remained for a few years. The locomotive was nearly scrapped in 1914; it was spared this fate by SP management so that it could be displayed at the Panama–Pacific International Exposition in 1915 after a cosmetic restoration.