Southern Pacific Class GS-1

The Southern Pacific class GS-1 was a class of fourteen 4-8-4 Northern-type steam locomotives that served the Southern Pacific Railroad and its Texas subsidiary the Texas and New Orleans Railroad from 1930 to 1956.
A total of fourteen were built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in May–July 1930. The Southern Pacific received ten locomotives which were numbered 4400 through 4409, while the Texas and New Orleans Railroad received four locomotives which were numbered 700 through 703; these locomotives were later renumbered and served on the Southern Pacific as the second 4400, 4403, 4404 and 4407. The GS-1s were also the only non-streamlined member of the Southern Pacific GS-class locomotives.
They were assigned to various passenger trains throughout the SP system, and ended their careers on the San Jose-San Francisco commutes. They also hauled freight trains on occasion.
No GS-1 locomotives survive today.
==Locomotive Roaster==
Locomotive Numbers	Image	Date Built	Date Scrapped 	Notes
No. 4400 	 	May 1930 	March 23, 1954 	
No. 4401 	 	June 1930 	June 8, 1955 	
No. 4402 	 	June 1930 	April 24, 1959 	
No. 4403 	 	June 1930 	August 15, 1955 	
No. 4404 	 	June 1930 	 	
No. 4405 	 	June 1930 	May 27, 1957 	
No. 4406 	 	July 1930 	 	
No. 4407 	 	July 1930 	June 1, 1955 	
No. 4408 	 	July 1930 	August 15, 1955 	
No. 4409 	 	July 1930 	September 6, 1955	
No. 4470 	 	May 1930 	May 31, 1956 	Originally No. 700 from T&NO in December 1952 as SP's second No. 4403 replacement in March 1953. Renumbered again as SP's second No. 4470 in July of that year.
No. 4471 	 	May 1930 	January 20, 1956 	Originally No. 701 from T&NO in January 1953, became SP's second No. 4471 in July of that year.
No. 4472 	 	June 1930 	July 9, 1956 	Originally No. 702 from T&NO in January 1953, became SP's second No. 4404 in April of that year. Renumbered again as No. 4472 three months later.
No. 4473 	 	June 1930 	February 15, 1955	Originally No. 703 from T&NO in January 1953, then became SP's No. 4406 replacement in April of that year. Renumbered again as No. 4473 three months later
==Trivia== 
*The GS-1 are the first GS locomotives for the Southern Pacific Railroad.
*The GS-1 had all of the basic steam locomotive features; a silver smokebox with a mounted single headlight with a bell mounted just above it, teardrop classification lights, and were equipped with 3-chime Hancock steam whistles.
*The GS stands for "Golden State" or "General Service", depending on who you asked.
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