ATSF #3759 is a Class 3751 Northern type (4-8-4) locomotive

When #3759 was delivered to Kingman, in a great show of civic responsibility, two thousand local people turned out to help haul the engine into place in Locomotive Park on greased rails from the AT&SF main line under AT&SF track crew supervision.

The park was created in August 1957 to house the locomotive and the locomotive has remained there ever since.

I've visited #3759 twice and the
photos on this page are from both visits. The last time I visited, there had been some inappropriate and inconsistent use of red paint on parts of the engine, including the smoke hood.

The smoke hood would be raised when passing through tunnels, as the strength of such a powerful engine's direct draft could damage tunnel linings.

#3759 was delivered to the ATS&F in 1928, one of a batch of nine 3751 class passenger locomotives delivered that year. The tenth, #3751, the prototype for the class and the first Northern ordered by the railroad, had been delivered in 1927. Four more of the class arrived in 1929.

#3759 has an engine wheelbase of 44' and driver wheelbase of 19'. It weighs 428,210 lbs, 272,100 lbs on its drivers and has 30" x 30" cylinders. Originally a coal burner with 73" drivers, #3759 was converted to oil in 1936, when its boiler pressure was raised from 210 psi to 230 psi.

Rebuilt with 80" drivers in 1941 to provide more speed, #3759 has a grate area of 108 sq ft. The 516 sq ft firebox had two thermic syphons of 104 sq ft, 20 sq ft of arch tubes and an 89 sq ft combustion chamber. The total heating surface of 8,066 sq ft included 2,420 sq ft superheating.

Its regular run was from Los Angeles, CA, to Kansas City, KS, with Kingman as an eastbound water stop. When retired in 1953, #3759 had run over 2,585,000 miles. The AT&SF donated #3759 to the City of Kingman in 1956 in recognition of its long history of involvement with the railroad.

In February 1955, #3759 was brought out of retirement at the request of the Railway Club of Southern California for a special "Farewell to Steam" excursion.

On 6th February, the locomotive made a round trip from Los Angeles Union Station to Barstow, CA, stopping in Pasadena and San Bernardino. It was the last ATS&F revenue steam train to leave Los Angeles, to traverse Cajon Pass and to pass through Kingman. After the trip, #3759 went back into storage until it was donated to the City of Kingman.

In 1987, standard cupola Caboose #999520 was retired by the AT&SF and donated to Kingman to be added to the display. In order to make space for it, on 9th May 1987, twelve hundred Kingman residents used two 100 yard long ropes to pull #3759 30' forward in an exercise dubbed Kingman’s “Great Locomotive Pull”.

Three of the AT&SF 3751s have survived. The first, #3751, is now owned and operated by the San Bernardino Railroad Historical Society and #3768 is in Wichita, KS, at the Great Plains Transportation Museum.