It was frequently used for pulling fast passenger trains in Texas, until it was reassigned to freight service in the late 1940s.
After being retired in 1954, it was donated to the Fort Concho Museum in San Angelo, Texas for static display.
It continued to operate there until 2002, when it was found to be due for an overhaul, and it spent several years in storage, disassembled.
From in the mid-1900s to the late 1910s, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway[1] ordered a fleet of 329 4-6-2 "Pacific" types from the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the road's own facility in Clovis, New Mexico, divided into eleven classes.
As the 1920s progressed, the Santa Fe had all their compound designs deemed unsuccessful, and they were either sold for scrap or rebuilt into conventional locomotives.
The 1309 class Pacifics were initially assigned to pull fast passenger trains across the Santa Fe system, and No.
1316 mostly pulled trains throughout various parts of West Texas, including the City of San Angelo.
1316 from revenue service after it logged some 1,347,383 miles, and shortly afterward, it was donated to the Fort Concho Foundation in San Angelo, Texas, one of the main stomping grounds the locomotive formerly ran through, and it was put on static display at the Fort Concho's Museum for the next twenty-six years.
In 1995, the Federal Railroad Administration(FRA)[8] introduced new federal boiler regulations and inspections for all active steam locomotives in the United States, and after twenty years of excursion service, and after participating in the centennial of the TSRR's service in 1996,[9] No.
500, only to find its boiler in poor condition after many years of usage, and instead of donating funds to repair it, the State of Texas offered the TSRR funds to build a brand new boiler that was designed for powerplant standards.
[1] However, due to a lack of time and money, and the fact their other steam locomotives had to be maintained as well, the FRA-required rebuild on No.
500 back together for cosmetic purposes for the general public to view, and this process included reverting the locomotive to its original identity as Santa Fe No.
1316 was featured as one of the locomotives that pulled a passenger train in the 1986 comedy Western film Uphill All the Way, which starred Roy Clark, Mel Tillis, and Burl Ives, and it was directed by Frank Q.