With their stable performance at speed and ability to handle large trains, Santa Fe found the 4-8-8-4 concept to be appealing. They took delivery of their 6000 class in 1944 to help handle wartime traffic. ATSF had experimented with compound articulated locomotives in the 1910s, but they were never entirely successful. Buying UPâs design âoff-the-shelfâ from ALCO was the logical choice, then.* *Alternate history- some facets have been massaged
With their stable performance at speed and ability to handle large trains, Santa Fe found the 4-8-8-4 concept to be appealing. They took delivery of their 6000 class in 1944 to help handle wartime traffic. ATSF had experimented with compound articulated locomotives in the 1910s, but they were never entirely successful. Buying UPâs design âoff-the-shelfâ from ALCO was the logical choice, then.* *Alternate history- some facets have been massaged