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Southern Pacific Lines number 975 is a 2-10-2 type of steam locomotive built in 1918 by American Locomotive Company at the former Brooks Locomotive Works plant in Dunkirk New York. It entered service on Southern Pacific subsidiary Texas and New Orleans Railroad in March 1918 where it worked until its retirement in 1957.The T&NO donated the locomotive to the city of Beaumont Texas on February 2 1957 with the project spearheaded by then Mayor Jimmie P. Cokinos.