Union Pacific No. 264

Union Pacific Railroad No. 264 is a black 2-8-0 tender steam locomotive, built in 1907.
== History ==
UPRR No. 264 was built in Januaryhttps://www.steamlocomotive.info/vlocomotive.cfm?Display=1205 of 1907https://s3.amazonaws.com/gs-waymarking-images/2c4b6f70-7d9a-4089-8bd6-04434beabbc6.JPG by the Baldwin Locomotive Works as builder's number 30026 for the Union Pacific Railroad (at the time part of Associated Railroads) as part of their C2 classhttps://www.steamlocomotive.com/locobase.php?country=USA&wheel=2-8-0&railroad=up 2-8-0 tender engines, often refereed to as "Harriman Common Standard Consolidation", named after head of management E. H. Harriman.
At some point No. 264 was converted to oil-burning,https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMFA1J_Union_Pacific_Consolidated_No_264 and continued to operate on the Union Pacific until early 1950, when it became the last steam locomotive to be withdrawn from the Union Pacific Railroad's system, after which it was stored at La Salle in Colorado and renumbered later to No. 6264 in 1954.https://www.steamlocomotive.info/nlocoowner.cfm?which=1205
In March, 1959, No. 264 was donated to the Sons of the Utah Pioneers in Corinne, after this it was relocated to Heber City (still in Utah) in April of 1981, before being acquired by the Wasatch Mountain Railroad who sold No. 264 to the State Railroad Museum of Nevada (Nevada Southern Railway) in 1993, where No. 264 is currently on static display as part of the collection, it will not be returned to operation due to cost and up-keep reasons.https://nevadasouthern.com/equipment/
== Trivia ==
* No. 264's whistle was donated to sibling 2-8-0 No. 618, while in Heber City, Utah.
* No.264 was the last steam locomotive withdrawn from active service on the Union Pacific Railroad.
== Bibliography ==
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Category:Baldwin locomotives
Category:Built in 1907
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