What was once ruling the rails of the Santa Fe between Chicago and LA during the heart of the Steam Age until the early 1950's rests in Locomotive Park, a park in historic downtown Kingman. Built as a 4-8-4 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1928, it is famous for being used for the final steam run for the Santa Fe over the historic Cajon Pass in Southern California, in a run that was dubbed the "Farewell to Steam" in early February of 1955. When it departed Los Angeles Union Station, it was the last Santa Fe steam locomotive to depart from this historic station. When it was retired and put into storage, it had over 2.5 million miles under it's belt, mainly because of the fact it was used for passenger service on trains between Chicago and LA, with Kingman being a water stop for them. In August of 1957, it was given to the city to recognize the history of the railroad through town, and since that day, has lived here. A caboose was added here sometime in 1987, and was moved an additional 30 ft. to make room for both of them on the same track. The year before, in 1986, it was recognized and added to the National Register of Historic Places, dubbed the name AT&SF Locomotive. Here it is, resting quietly, all on it's own on a late March evening, with no one else around getting photos of it.
