This oddball 4-4-2 Atlantic wheel arrangement locomotive was built by the Schenectady Locomotive works in 1889. Why the Santa Fe thought they needed a camelback locomotive is anyone's guess, the locomotive does not seem to have the wide firebox that warrants such a design, but at least the fireman got his own protective shelter.
Apparently it did not work out, and 3 years later it was rebuilt into a regular 4-4-0 and renumbered as 40. It was retired in 1925. No pictures that I can find of that configuration.
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