Santa Fe No. 1797

Santa Fe (AT&SF) No. 1797 is a class Y3 2-8-8-2 built by Alco in May 1919 for the Norfolk and Western Railway and later worked briefly on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. It was used in coal drags on the railway before being sold to the Santa Fe. It was not modified by much, but with some ATSF alterations such as the numbering that was painted on the tender and had the ATSF lettering painted onto the cab of the locomotive with the removal of the doghouse on the tender. 
== History ==
Its roots trace back to the Norfolk and Western Railway, where they had once been in charge of general merchandise freight traffic and subsequently helper service. Santa Fe bought a few of the N&W class Y3s in 1943. They were used in general freight traffic and helper service on the ATSF was similar to their lives on the Norfolk & Western. They were generally found in Colorado. But their lives on the ATSF were eventually cut short, since the War was already over after 1945. AT&SF #1797 was originally N&W #2042 and was sold to the Santa Fe during WWII in July 1943 as a helper along with the other 7 Ex-N&W units. After the War the Santa Fe sold the other seven in 1948 to the Virginian Railway as the Santa Fe had scrapped the #1797 in New Mexico during August 1947 after helping out the Santa Fe for four years.
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