St. Louis — San Francisco Railway 2-10-0 Decapod type steam locomotive No. 1630 hauls an excursion train at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois.
Jim Wrinn
2-10-0
•YEARS BUILT: 1924-1933
•MANUFACTURERS: Baldwin, Canadian
•OPERATED ON: Alabama, Tennessee & Northern, Durham & Southern, Georgia, Florida & Alabama, Seaboard Air Line, Great Western, Gainesville Midland, Woodward Iron Co.
•NAMES: Decapod, Russian Decapod
•QUANTITY: 22 light Decapods for American railroads; 1,057 for the Russian government; 857 were shipped before the Russian revolution in 1917 resulted in cancellation of the order, which left 200 engines stranded in the U.S.
•BOILER PRESSURE: 190 psi
•KNOWN FOR: High tractive effort on light rails
•STATUS: Several preserved; Strasburg 90 and Frisco 1630 run
