Western Pacific Class M-137

The Western Pacific Class M-137 was a class of ten 2-8-8-2 "Chesapeake" type steam locomotives that were built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Western Pacific Railroad in 1931.
==History==
In the late 1920s and early 1930s, the Western Pacific Railroad needed more powerful steam locomotives to pull monstrous freight trains throughout their system, so the Baldwin Locomotive Works had drew up the blueprints for an all new 2-8-8-2 "Chesapeake" type steam locomotive, this resulted in the creation of what had became the Western Pacific Class M-137.
A total of ten examples of these new 2-8-8-2 Western Pacific Railroadtype steam locomotives were ever constructed by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1931 and they were first 6 delivered to the Western Pacific Railroad that same year in 1931 and the last 4 of the 2-8-8-2 were delivered in 1938 which were bought slitly differnt IE the driver wheels and some smaller stuff.
Withdrawal of the Class M-137 had commenced and not a single example of the Class M-137 had survived into the preservation era, they were all scrapped by early 1950s when the Western Pacific Railroad had began to dieselize their lines.
The undisputed “kings” of the Feather River Canyon were WP’s 251 class 2-8-8-2's. https://www.wplives.com/about-wp/motivepower/steam.php that has the right name thar Western Pacific Railroad gave the M-137 Class. It is the Western Pacific Railroad Museum that runs this information.The undisputed “kings” of the Feather River Canyon were WP’s 251 class 2-8-8-2’s. https://www.wplives.com/about-wp/motivepower/steam.php
==Stock list==
Image 	Loco No.	Build date	Manufacturer 	Status
 	251 	1931 	Baldwin Locomotive Works	Scrapped
Frameless	252 	1931 	Baldwin Locomotive Works	Scrapped
Frameless	253 	1931 	Baldwin Locomotive Works	Scrapped
Frameless	254 	1931 	Baldwin Locomotive Works	Scrapped
Frameless	255 	1931 	Baldwin Locomotive Works	Scrapped
Frameless	256 	1931 	Baldwin Locomotive Works	Scrapped
Frameless	257 	1938 	Baldwin Locomotive Works	Scrapped
Frameless	258 	1938 	Baldwin Locomotive Works	Scrapped
Frameless	259 	1938 	Baldwin Locomotive Works	Scrapped
Frameless	260 	1938 	Baldwin Locomotive Works	Scrapped
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english:Western Pacific Class M-137 2-8-8-2 The Big Mallet