The No. 940 locomotive is the sole survivor of 342 steam engines like it built for the Santa Fe. It was retired in 1954 and was moved to Bartlesville for display. On December 9th, this 106 year old locomotive was rescued from further deterioration due to flooding at her current location on the banks of the Caney River . It was placed in its new home at the Bartlesville Depot in honor of the depot’s 100th birthday. The unusual move was coordinated by SMC of Bartlesville and Taylor Crane & Rigging. They provided a small army of men and an array of massive equipment to handle the move.

Practice Lift
Rigged locomotive with 265 ton and 120 ton crane. Performed lift test to verify everything was where it needed to be and to get weight of locomotive, which was 275,000 lbs.

Move of Locomotive
Lifted and loaded locomotive on to 8 axel, 64 tire scheuerle trailer and moved out of way. Pushed tender to cranes and rigged and loaded tender (110,000 lbs) on to 4 axel lowboy. Then moved locomotive 4 blocks from Johnstone Park to Bartlesville Depot. Set locomotive into position over tracks, set cranes up and offloaded locomotive. Then backed tender in over tracks and offloaded. Steam locomotive moves such as this occur only a few times each decade in the United States.