No. 940 1904-1953
1904 in California. From collection of Phil Kauke.
100th Anniversary tribute to No. 940 in 2003. At bottom right is Ed Forsythe, No. 940’s first engineer pictured here around 1920. At bottom left is Ed’s wife Dolly and the family dog posing with No. 940 in May 1904 at Needles, California.
1921 at El Cajon, California
October 20, 1940 in yard transfer service at Argentine (Kansas City, KS). Wesley Krambeck, collection of G.C. Bassett
1940 at Argentine, Kansas. DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University
July 1943 at National City, California, terminal just south of San Diego. She wears a headlight shroud because she was operating within 100 miles of the west coast during WWII. Photographer: R.P. Middlebrook.