Built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, PA, in 1920 as Florida & Alabama #19, later W. B. Harbeson Lumber Co., #19 in DeFuniak Springs, FL, this Prairie type (2-6-2) locomotive was sold to the locomotive rebuilder/reseller Georgia Car & Locomotive, who found a buyer in the Roscoe, Snyder & Pacific Railway Company at an unknown date who renumbered it #5.
With a 10’ 3” driver wheelbase and 26’ 10” engine wheelbase, #19 weighs 127,800 lbs, 98,000 lbs on its 50” drivers. The engine is equipped with Walschaert valve gear and has 17” x 24” cylinders. The grate is 18.7 sq ft, the firebox 100 sq ft and the total heating surface is 1,540 sq ft including 292 sq ft superheating. Operating at a boiler pressure of 180 psi, it delivered 21,224 lbs tractive effort. The tender weighs 80,000 lbs light and has a capacity of 4,000 gallons of water and 1,800 gallons of oil.
The Roscoe, Snyder & Pacific was incorporated in 1906 to build a two hundred and thirty mile line from Roscoe, TX, to the New Mexico state line near Portales. The full line was never completed.
The line between Snyder and Fluvanna was abandoned some time prior to 1945, passenger service ended in 1953 and the line between Roscoe and Snyder was abandoned in 1984.
After retiring, #5 was donated to the City of Snyder and the locomotive is now on display next to the Coliseum just to the east of downtown Snyder.
