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==Southern Pacific==
The [[Southern Pacific Railroad|Southern Pacific Railroad's]] famous "[[cab forward]]" articulated steam locomotives were effectively a Yellowstone in reverse ([[4-8-8-2]]). This was done to spare the crew from the heavy smoke output of the large engines on the former Central Pacific, where tunnels and snow sheds were common and lengthy. [[Southern Pacific 4294|One is on display]] at the [[California State Railroad Museum]] in Sacramento. The ready availability of fuel oil in California made them possible. The SP also owned some conventional 2-8-8-4s for use in areas where coal was plentiful and snow sheds were rare. [[Lima Locomotive Works]] built 12 [[Southern Pacific class AC-9|AC-9 class locomotives]] in 1939; they had skyline casings with striped [[pilot (locomotive attachment)|pilot]]s. At first, they burned coal but were later converted to oil. None were saved.