Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad
DSP&P Cooke 2-8-0 Consolidation
Locomotives
The Danforth &
Cooke Locomotive Works,
located in Paterson NJ,
began operations in 1852. In spite of the 20-year head start
that Rogers had, Danforth & Cooke grew very quickly. Orders for
its locomotives were on the rise through the Civil War and into
the 1880s. The Danforth & Cooke plant continued to operate even
after it was merged into the American Locomotive Company in
1901, along with Rogers and 6 others , Under the control of Alco, it mainly built rotary snow
plows or specialty engines for foreign companies. Danforth &
Cooke's Paterson plant turned out its last locomotive in 1926
-- more than 3000 steam
locomotives in all.
This page covers the 20 DSP&P 2-8-0 Consolidation locomotives
acquired from Cooke. DSP&P also owned
eight 2-6-0 Moguls from
Cooke.
|
DSP&P RR LOCOMOTIVES 1874 - 1899 |
|
ORIG # |
NAME |
1885 #, C&S # |
TYPE |
MFG |
BUILT |
|
41 |
== |
198, C&S 37 |
2-8-0 |
Cooke |
1883 |
|
42 |
== |
199, C&S 38 |
2-8-0 |
Cooke |
1883 |
|
43 |
== |
200, C&S 39 |
2-8-0 |
Cooke |
1883 |
|
44 |
== |
201, C&S 40 |
2-8-0 |
Cooke |
1883 |
|
45 |
== |
202, C&S 41 |
2-8-0 |
Cooke |
1883 |
|
46 |
== |
203, C&S 42 |
2-8-0 |
Cooke |
1883 |
|
47 |
== |
204, C&S 43 |
2-8-0 |
Cooke |
1883 |
|
48 |
== |
205, C&S 44 |
2-8-0 |
Cooke |
1883 |
|
49 |
== |
206, C&S 45 |
2-8-0 |
Cooke |
1883 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
58 |
== |
207, C&S 46 |
2-8-0 |
Cooke |
1883 |
|
59 |
== |
208, C&S 47 |
2-8-0 |
Cooke |
1883 |
|
60 |
== |
209, C&S 48 |
2-8-0 |
Cooke |
1883 |
|
61 |
== |
210, C&S 49 |
2-8-0 |
Cooke |
1883 |
|
62 |
== |
211, C&S 50 |
2-8-0 |
Cooke |
1883 |
|
63 |
== |
212, C&S 51 |
2-8-0 |
Cooke |
1883 |
|
64 |
== |
213, C&S 52 |
2-8-0 |
Cooke |
1883 |
|
65 |
== |
214, C&S 53 |
2-8-0 |
Cooke |
1883 |
|
66 |
== |
215, C&S 54 |
2-8-0 |
Cooke |
1883 |
|
67 |
== |
216, C&S 55 |
2-8-0 |
Cooke |
1883 |
|
68 |
== |
217, C&S 56 |
2-8-0 |
Cooke |
1883 |
HISTORY
Twenty Cooke
2-8-0 Consolidations were delivered to the DSP&P between June and
November 1883. The first nine were numbered to fill the gap created
when the older
Baldwin 2-8-0's were numbered DSP&P 50 through 57 back in
1880. The other eleven Cooke 2-8-0's were then numbered DSP&P 58
through 68. They became a continuous group from #198 to 217 in the
1885 renumbering scheme and later C&S 37 to 56 in 1899. They had 36"
drivers and 15x18" cylinders. Most were scrapped or sold to lumber
companies across the first 20 years of the C&S era.
DSP&P
#63 and #64 on the author's garden railway
PHOTO GALLERY
Builder's PhotoDSP&P Cooke Consolidation #63, minus a headlamp.
Click image for hi-res version.
DSP&P #63 at work
DSP&P Cooke Conso;idation #45, after renumbering to #202.
DSP&P #58 after being renumbered in 1885 to DSP&P 207
FOLIOS and PLANS
See Also
CAD Drawings
DSP&P #51 as built, drawn by David Fletcher,
in Sep/Oct 2015 NGSLG.
This John Maxwell
Plan has dimensions for both Baldwin and Cooke 2-8-0 Consolidations.
DSP&P 2-8-0 Cooke
Consolidation #63 (Also BLW Versions)
Cooke 2-8-0 had 36" drivers,
BLW had 37" drivers, otherwise both models had identical
dimensions
DSP&P
2-8-0 Cooke Consolidation #63 Page 1
DSP&P
2-8-0 Cooke Consolidation #63 Page 2
