AT&SF
4-4-2 Locomotive
"Engine No. 1415 was received from the Baldwin Locomotive
Works in
April, 1906, and went into service on May 1 of that year on the first
district of the
Albuquerque division, with engineer G. W. Shade and fireman J. L. Fouch
in charge. On October 22, 1910, the engine was sent to the shop for
general repairs, after making 241,335 miles with one set of flues.
Thus, for a period of four years and five months, the engine remained
in the care of one engineer and one fireman without having a flue
removed. The fireman has since been promoted. During this time the
engine turned 15,180,000 gallons of water into steam, which was
employed in useful and profitable service. "This extraordinary record
is without precedent, the best previous world's record, also made on
the Santa Fe, being 227,902 miles, made by engineer Avery and fireman
Bazel with engine No. 1402 oil the Illinois division in 1909. It is a
monument to the untiring efforts and care of two men who knew. It is
also eloquent testimony to the efficiency of water treatment as
conducted by Mr. W. A. Powers, our chief chemist. The engine ran in a
district of treated water. Before the period of water treatment it was
only possible to obtain from thirty thousand to forty thousand miles
between flue renewals.
(From a 1911
magazine, in the public
domain)