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Steam
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Central Pacific
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Central Pacific's Sacramento shops
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February 1883
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4-10-0
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57 in (1400 mm) diameter
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21 in (530 mm) dia × 36 in stroke
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146,000 lb (66,200 kg), 154,400 lb (70,030 kg) rebuilt
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128,000 lb (58,100 kg), 121,600 lb (55,200 kg) rebuilt
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140 lbf/in&2
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33,150 lbf (1475 kN)
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237, renum 2050 in 1891
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21
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March 1884
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July 15 1894
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''El Gobernador''
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'' was a
4-10-0 Steam Locomotive built by
Central Pacific Railroad at the railroad's
Sacramento, California shops. It was the last of Central Pacific's locomotives to receive an official name and was also the only locomotive of this wheel arrangement to operate on
United States rails. At the time it was built, ''El Gobernador'' was the largest railroad locomotive in the world. Its name is reminiscent of the railroad's first locomotive, ''
Gov. Stanford '', as ''El Gobernador'' is
Spanish for ''The Governor''.
''El Gobernador''
's construction was completed in February 1883, amid much fanfare from the railroad, but it didn't enter service until March 1884, just over a year later. Part of the delay between construction and operation was due to the railroad's track and infrastructure of the time. It was originally designed to haul trains out of
California 's
San Joaquin Valley via
Tehachapi Loop . The locomotive was disassembled into five large subassemblies for transportation to the pass because it was thought to be too heavy for the various bridges along the route to the pass.
Operationally, the locomotive didn't fare as well as was hoped due to its large cylinder size and small fire grate area. Central Pacific attempted to remedy the problems in an 1885 rebuild which increased the locomotive's weight to 154,400 lb (70,000 kg), with 121,600 lb (55,200 kg) on the drivers. In the railroad's 1891 renumbering plan, ''El Gobernador'' received road number 2050. The rebuild wasn't as successful as the railroad hoped and the locomotive was scrapped on
July 15 1894 .
