This 4-8-4 steam locomotive, number 3780, was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railray. It was built in August, 1941, just a few months before the United States entered WWII. It had a total engine and tender weight of 869,785 lbs., and a tractive force (at 70%) of 66,000 lbs. It was built in Eddystone, Pennsylvania, where my great, great Uncle Robert F. McKee, Sr., worked as a design engineer at Baldwin. This Baldwin Locomotive Works builders photo card is from the John R. Doughty collection.
Dedicated to my father, John R. Doughty, Sr., and to his great uncle, Robert F. McKee, Sr., who worked at the Baldwin Locomotive Works as a senior design engineer, including working on the design for the Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range 2-8-8-4 Yellowstones
