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Well you have to throw us a bone on what you purchased...
Not sure this was a passenger pup... being a helper engine and all... I bet its max speed was about 35mph...I would focus on buying some wood box cars and reefers and an old "crummy" 
These engines were short lived on the ATS&F.... but the Lionel's version sure has some great sound! Mine is still tucked under the layout... waiting for some wood reefers as well.
Well you have to throw us a bone on what you purchased...
Not sure this was a passenger pup... being a helper engine and all... I bet its max speed was about 35mph...I would focus on buying some wood box cars and reefers and an old "crummy"
These engines were short lived on the ATS&F.... but the Lionel's version sure has some great sound! Mine is still tucked under the layout... waiting for some wood reefers as well.
Not that short lived. These 3000 class locomotives were cut into two and became the Santa Fe 2-10-2's which lasted till the end of the steam era. Scale (1:48) models of the 2-10-2's derived from this modification would actually be shorter than a postwar 726/736 Berkshire.
Also the 2-10-2's that resulted from the splitting up of the 3000 class were the forefathers of larger 2-10-2's yet to come.
But yes, the actual 2-10-10-2's were short lived. Their parts; however, lasted for decades as 2-10-2's.
Not intended for passenger service, as stated. Things do get assigned to odd trains, occasionally...but.
One of the more fascinating things about these locos is hinted at by the slope-back tender.
I'm sure many here know this, but, as slope-back tenders were typically found, when they were found, on switchers, for better visibility when backing up (and seeing signals) in the freight yard.
The 3000-class locos were anything but switchers. They were so long that they could not be turned at just any turntable, and not everywhere had a "wye" or balloon track, so...
the ATSF intended - designed - that they be run backwards, at full track speed, from/to places with no turning facilities. The slope-back tenders (for visibility) and large "backup" lights (actually the second headlight) enabled these locos to work just fine either way.
Which means that, in fact, the Santa Fe also had Cab-forward steamers - and more flexible than the SP locos!
These are weird, wonderful locos. Enjoy it, whatever you pull. Streamlined stainless (aluminum in the model) passenger cars would be pushing it a bit.
Sorry Bob, the cab number and PN just did not ring a bell... I must have too many trains...
Good luck on assembly your train I know your going to love this locomotive... show us some pics when you get a chance.
What was so ironic is the 2-10-10-2's were built originally from 2-10-2 locomotives. Here is a picture of the first demonstrator in 1912.
They were deemed a failed experiment and they were converted back to 2-10-2's as stated above from 1915 to 1918.
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