AT&SF 3759



The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe #3759 is the surviving sister engine to #3751.

About
The 3759 was built in 1928 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works after the 3751's initial success. The engine had a normal career, and was retired in 1953. But in 1955, the engine was operational for a "Farewell to Steam" program, making it the last steam locomotive operational on the Santa Fe. After that, it was donated to Kingman, Arizona for display, where it still resides until the end of 2020. In January 1, 2021, No. 3759 was purchased for $560,000 by the Maguire Foundation, who has the intent of leasing the locomotive to the Colebrookdale Railroad, a former Reading Blue Mountain and Northern branch line that lied between Boyertown and Pottstown, Pennsylvania. On April 10, No. 3759's boiler and the frame were separated and were prepped along with its tender to be shipped by truck from Kingman to Boyertown, and on the evening of June 3, No. 3759 arrived in Boyertown safely, and it touched Pennsylvania soil for the first time since it was built in Eddystone back in 1928. It was shortly after moved by EMD GP38-2 No. 5128 inside a newly built facility near Pottstown for an overhaul that began in the fall. The locomotive is expected to run again in 2022 with no current planned return date.