Historical fire fighting train

Thanks to KB3MOJ for the pointer to this web site with the story of a train used in fire fighting. I visited this site and it has some nice photography work.

From the web site:

“On May 7, 1929, SP 2252 was selected and equipped to become one of the famous fire fighting locomotives used for fighting snow-shed, brush fires, and forest fires along the Donner Pass Route through and over the rugged Sierra Nevada mountain range. This famous railroad line was built during the 1860s by the Central Pacific Railroad as part of the Transcontinental Railroad. Other fire fighting engines of the T-1 class, all built by Cooke, were 2242, 2247, and 2248. SP 2248 still operates today and pulls the Tarantula train on the Fort Worth & Western Railroad. “

Here is the a link so you can visit the site yourself for the entire story. Enjoy!

Link to web site.