Texas & New Orleans No. 975

Texas & New Orleans No. 975 is an F-1 class 2-10-2 'Santa Fe' type steam locomotive built by the American Locomotive Co. (ALCO) in 1918 for the Texas & New Orleans Railroad (T&NO). It is one of 12 2-10-2 locomotives built for the Texas & New Orleans railroad (#970-#981).
The locomotive was built for both freight and passenger service on the Texas & New Orleans Railroad (T&NO).
It is now on static display at the Illinois Railway Museum (IRM) in Union, IL.
==Trivia==
*It was actually first built for the Southern Pacific railroad and entered service on March 1918 when it was built.
*It is one of only two Southern Pacific locomotives of this wheel arrangement to be preserved; the other is #982 which was moved to Union Station, Minute Maid Baseball Park in Houston, Texas in 2005.
*The Texas & New Orleans took delivery of twelve Santa Fe (2-10-2) type locomotives from Alco in 1918.
*In 2021, while the engine was given a Cosmetic Restoration the word "Southern Pacific" has been added back on the tender.
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