T. D. Judah

T. D. Judah

Infobox Locomotive
name="T.D. Judah"


caption="T.D. Judah" in its post-rebuild 4-2-2 configuration
powertype=Steam
railroad=Central Pacific
whytetype=4-2-4T, later rebuilt to 4-2-2 with separate tender
roadnumber=4; renum 1882 in 1906
builder=Cooke Locomotive Works
builddate=November 1863
firstrundate=April 9 1864
officialname="T.D. Judah"
driversize=54 in diameter
gauge=4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm)
cylindersize=11 in dia × 15 in stroke
weight=39,000 lb
weightondrivers=18,500 lb
boilerpressure=125 psi
tractiveeffort=3,571 lbf
scrapdate=1912
disposition=Scrapped

"T.D. Judah" was the name of a 4-2-2 steam locomotive owned by the Central Pacific Railroad. It was named in honor of the railroad's first chief engineer, Theodore Dehone Judah, who surveyed a passable route over the Sierra Nevada Mountains for the Transcontinental Railroad.

History and career

Like its sister engine, "C.P. Huntington", "T.D. Judah" was originally built by the Cooke Locomotive Works in 1863 for a railroad that was unable to pay for it. Later, the two were seen in the Cooke shops by Collis Huntington and purchased for use on the Central Pacific Railroad (CP), becoming the road's third and fourth locomotives respectively.Two other, larger engines, "Gov. Stanford" (number 1, built by Norris Locomotive Works) and "Pacific" (number 2, built by Mason Machine Works) had been purchased earlier.

Having originally been a 4-2-4T (T for tank), in 1872, the engine was rebuilt as a 4-2-2 with separate tender and may have been given other mechanical upgrades like its sister engine. The rebuild reduced the locomotive's overall weight to 30,000 lb., with 15,000 lb. on the drivers.

"T.D. Judah" was sold to the Wellington Colliery Company on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, where it found service as Wellington Colliery Railway's "Queen Anne". It was subsequently scrapped in 1912.

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