Equipment Used
The special train consisted of three passenger cars pulled by one locomotive. The three cars used were baggage car #210, dining car #1407, and Pullman Muskegon. Altogether, the three cars weighed a total of 170 short tons (155 metric tons). While the three cars remained constant throughout the run of the Scott Special, the locomotive did not. In order to prevent delays on the trip as the train would need to stop for water and fuel, nineteen locomotives were prepared along the route so that as one reached the end of its supplies, it would relay the three cars off to the next fully fueled and ready locomotive to continue the run. For the more strenuous grades over Cajon Pass in California and Raton Pass in New Mexico and Colorado, helpers were added to get the train up and over the summits. At various points throughout the run, problems such as hotboxes did occur, or in one instance a complete mechanical failure of the locomotive, but in each case, the train's crew was able to get the train to the next relay point, and they usually arrived ahead of schedule.
| Locomotives and crews for the Scott Special | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Section | Distance | Average speed | Time | Locomotive number | Wheel arrangement |
Engineer | Fireman |
| Los Angeles - Barstow, California | 141.1 miles (227.1 km) | 48.5 miles per hour (78 km\h) | 2 hours 55 minutes | 442 | 4-6-0 | John Finlay | C. B. Ashbaugh |
| Barstow - Needles, California | 169.3 miles (272.5 km) | 51 mph (82.1 km/h) | 3 h 19 m | 1005 | 2-6-2 | Thomas E. Gallagher | E. D. Nettleton |
| Needles - Seligman, Arizona | 148.9 miles (239.6 km) | 42.4 mph (68.2 km/h) | 3 h 31 m | 1010 | 2-6-2 | Fred W. Jackson | H. Nelson |
| Seligman - Williams, Arizona | 50.8 miles (81.8 km) | 34.4 mph (55.4 km/h) | 1 h 29 m | 1016 | 2-6-2 | Charles Wood | R. Edgar |
| Williams - Winslow, Arizona | 92.2 miles (148.4 km) | 42.1 mph (67.8 km/h) | 2 h 11 m | 485 | 4-6-0 | D. A. Lenhart | W. P. Sugurue |
| Winslow - Gallup, New Mexico | 128 miles (206 km) | 49.4 mph (79.5 km/h) | 2 h 35 m | 1000 | 2-6-2 | John F. Briscoe | B. F. Chambers |
| Gallup - Albuquerque | 157.8 miles (254.0 km) | 49.4 mph (79.5 km/h) | 3 h 12 m | 478 | 4-6-0 | Henry J. Rehder | F. Brown |
| Albuquerque - Las Vegas | 132.2 miles (212.8 km) | 44 mph (70.8 km/h) | 3 h 0 m | 1211 | 4-6-2 | Edward Sears | G. A. Bryan |
| Las Vegas - Raton | 110.8 miles (178.3 km) | 50.5 mph (81.3 km/h) | 2 h 12 m | 1208 | 4-6-2 | George A. Norman | E. Chrystal |
| Raton - La Junta, Colorado | 104.5 miles (168.2 km) | 46.2 mph (74.4 km/h) | 2 h 17 m | 1215 | 4-6-2 | Hudson A. Gardner | R. P. Hinze |
| La Junta - Syracuse | 100.8 miles (162.2 km) | 63.7 mph (102.5 km/h) | 1 h 35 m | 536 | 4-4-2 | David Lesher | William McClerkin |
| Syracuse - Dodge City | 101.6 miles (163.5 km) | 62.2 mph (100.1 km/h) | 1 h 38 m | 531 | 4-4-2 | H. G. Simmons | G. Davis |
| Dodge City - Kent | 153.4 miles (246.9 km) | 57.9 mph (93.2 km/h) | 2 h 39 m | 530 | 4-4-2 | Edward Norton | C. L. Gray |
| Kent - Newton | 1095 | 2-6-2 | Oliver W. Halsey | ||||
| Newton - Emporia | 73.1 miles (117.6 km) | 62.6 mph (100.7 km/h) | 1 h 10 m | 526 | 4-4-2 | Hadley R. Rossetter | Andy Fairchild |
| Emporia - Argentine | 120.2 miles (193.4 km) | 57.3 mph (92.2 km/h) | 2 h 10 m | 524 | 4-4-2 | Josiah Gossard | H. H. Hill |
| Argentine - Marceline | 108 miles (174 km) | 54 mph (86.9 km/h) | 2 h 1 m | 547 | 4-4-2 | A. F. Bauer | Robert Shirk |
| Marceline - Shopton | 112.8 miles (181.5 km) | 55 mph (88.5 km/h) | 2 h 3 m | 542 | 4-4-2 | Richard Jones | J. J. O'Connor |
| Shopton - Chillicothe | 104.7 miles (168.5 km) | 62.3 mph (100.3 km/h) | 1 h 41 m | 510 | 4-4-2 | Charles Losee | W. M. Schlosser |
| Chillicothe - Chicago | 134.3 miles (216.1 km) | 61 mph (98.2 km/h) | 2 h 12 m | 517 | 4-4-2 | ||
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