@Jacobpaul81 posted:ATSF had them for about 2 - 3 years. If I recall correctly, they picked them up in 1945 and they were gone by 1948. At the time, ATSF needed all their existing 2-10-2s and 2-10-4s for long haul freight service. The Y3s were brought over as helpers for Raton - which was generally the 2-10-2s job. ATSF didn't like them cause they were slow and clogged up the pass so they quickly dumped them. One was briefly assigned to Argentine in the hump yard. Doghouses were all removed on receipt.
Plus one of the seven Y3's Santa Fe owned (No. 1797) was scrapped by the railroad in 1947. The other six were bought by the Virginian in 1948.
Rusty
