Great Northern class Q-1


The Great Northern Q-1 was a class of 30 2-10-2 "Santa Fe" type steam locomotives built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1923 and operated by the Great Northern Railway pulling freight until the late 1950s.

History

When the Great Northern received the locomotives, they hauled freight across the system and were rated at pulling 3,000 tons between Whitefish, Montana and Shelby, Montana. Nos. 2101, 2107 and 2120 were assigned to the Mesabi Division for ore train service on August 20, 1951. However, they would soon be replaced by diesel locomotives and retirement started on January 31, 1950. By May 1958, all the Q-1s were retired.

Disposition

None of the Q-1s have been preserved all 30 locomotives were replaced by new Diesel Locomotives that replaced them pulling freight trains in 1950 and 1958.