2-6-2 Prairie Steam Locomotive

Photos

• Photos of 2-6-2 exhibited at Expo Square in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Photos by Daris A Nevil, March 2018.
  • Built by Baldwin Locomotive Works, May 1917, serial 45549
  • The Dierks Forest #207. Was used by a lumber company, Dierks Forest, for hauling lumber in southeast Oklahoma and southwest Arkansas and was moved to Tulsa’s fairgrounds in 1963.
  • This is an oil-fired locomotive. The tender contains a large oil tank.
  • The turbo generator is mounted on the same platform as the headlight.
  • The trailing truck looks like it was fabricated from forge steel, not castings.
  • The cylinder cocks are manually operated. The control rods were removed on the engineer side and are laying on the ground.
  • The boiler platform is made of wood.
  • The floor of the tender is wood.
  • Walschaerts valve gear
  • Two sand-boxes, one in front of the first driver, the second behind the last driver.

External Links

• "2-6-2", Wikipedia
• "Prairie 2-6-2 in Tulsa", Chaski.org