Southern Pacific MT-4 & MT-5 Mountains Project
Photos (below) of pilot models #4369 and #4376
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A recent project from River Raisin Models was the Southern Pacific MT-4 and MT-5 4-8-2s (aka Mountains). Thirty one units were built between 1926 and 1930 -- twenty-one MT-4s between 1926 and 1929, and ten MT-5s between 1929 and1930. All with built by Southern Pacific in their Sacramento Shops. The Mountains were workhorses of both fast passenger and freight duties.
Prototype photos of the Southern Pacific 4-8-2 Locomotives
Click image to see larger photo!
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MT-4 4352 w/ 160-C-1 Tender Boiler Tube Pilot, Polished Cylinder Covers, Blue-Green Boiler Paint scheme, Polished Cylinder Heads & White Striped Drivers & Wheels, Red Cab Roof, Early Lettering Style (Southern Pacific Lines) |
MT-4 #4352 w/ 160-C-1 Tender Pressed Steel Pilot, Skyline Boiler Casing, Multiple Bearing Crosshead Guides, Daylight Paint Scheme |
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MT-4 #4353 w/ 160-C-2 Tender Boiler Tube Pilot, Skyline Boiler, Multiple Bearing Crosshead Guides, Universal Disc Main Driver, Daylight Paint Scheme |
MT-4 #4357 w/160-C-4 Tender Skyline boiler casing, Pressed Steel Pilot, Spoked Drivers, Multiple Bearing Crossheads and Guides. Black & Graphite Paint Scheme |
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MT-5 #4369 w/120-C-5 Pressed steel pilot, Clamshell Stack, Black & Graphite Paint Scheme, All Spoked Drivers |
MT-5 #4369 w/ 120-C-5 Tender Skyline Boiler Casing, Pressed steel pilot, Universal Disc Main Driver, Black & Graphite Paint Scheme |
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Photo Credits - Arnold Menke Collection Click image to see larger photo! |
MT-5 #4376 w/ 120-C-8 Tender (1948 photo, Brooklyn Oregon) Skyline Boiler Casing, Pressed Steel Pilot, Spoked Drivers, Black & Graphite Paint Scheme |
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To access internet information on Southern Pacific try one of the following SP related websites:
SteamLocomotive.com
or Richard Percy's Espee Modelers site
Additional information may be obtained from the following sources:
- Southern Pacific Steam, Mountains 4-8-2 Pictorial, Volumes 8 & 28 Ainswoth, Jeff
- The 4300 4-8-2 -Southern Pacific's Mt-Class Locomotives (Revised Edition) Church, Robert J.
- Southern Pacific Company Steam Locomotive Compendium Diebert, Timothy S. & Strapac, Joseph A.
- A Century of Southern Pacific Steam Locomotives 1862-1962 Dunscomb, Guy L.
- A Southern Pacific Steam Pictorial, Volume II Dunscomb, Guy L. with Dunscomb, Donald K. & Pecotich, Robert A.
And for all things Southern Pacific, don't forget to check out the Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society.
