Southern Pacific Railroad 4-6-0 No. 2353
Campo, CA, United States 		Location: Pacific Southwest Railway Museum
Status: Display
Posted: Apr 27, 2026 @ 19:04:26 by Nicholas Medovich
donations for 2353s return to service are being accepted. The process includes replacing all parts of the firebox. Will be costlier than a new boiler though.
Posted: Apr 27, 2026 @ 11:04:54 by Nicholas Medovich
donations for 2353s return to service are being accepted. The process includes replacing all parts of the firebox. Will be costlier than a new boiler though.
Posted: May 26, 2024 @ 07:05:56 by Nicholas Medovich
ran from 1996 until September 2000. She is on display awaiting funds for a new firebox. Cost will be more than a new boiler. Coos Bay 11 is still on hold for funding.
Posted: Oct 21, 2012 @ 09:10:06 by Nicholas Medovich
plans are to replace the whole boiler and rebuild the running gear when ready
Posted: Dec 23, 2010 @ 23:12:16 by hyde seybold
it has been decided that #2353 will NOT get restored we need $500,000 to fix the problems plans cal for coos bay #11 to be fixed first
Posted: Aug 14, 2007 @ 20:08:42 by David Flores
This Locomotive was featured in film "Pearl Harbor" in  2001
Posted: Nov 3, 2006 @ 23:11:30 by Kyle Reid
This steam engine was pulled from service for a Federal Inspection, which Revealed a number of Hairline Cracks along the side of the boiler. Still was a working locomotive, and held its pressure, but the Cracks cuase a potential hazard and was summond to not run again till repairs where made.
Posted: May 9, 2005 @ 13:05:43 by Ed Kelley
The locomotive has been put back together to serve as a display in Campo. Eventual plans, when funds allow, might see the locomotive getting the boiler work it needs to get it running again, though for now it should probably be "Display". It's more than just a Form 4.
Posted: Apr 16, 2004 @ 13:04:55 by Jim Lundquist
Operated from 1995 to 2001 on the SD&A by the Pacific Southwest Railway Museum.  A new inspection for the new fed regs discovered problems in the firebox.  Currently awaiting funding for the repair work - estimated to be at least $250,000.