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Pennsylvania Railroad 5550 (PRR 5550) is a mainline duplex drive steam locomotive under construction in the United States. With an estimated completion by 2030, the locomotive will become the 53rd example of the Pennsylvania Railroad's T1 steam locomotive class and the only operational locomotive of its type, [7] as well as the largest steam locomotive built in the United States since 1952.
Ffestiniog Railway – narrow-gauge steam locomotives and carriages [72] Hitachi Rail – diesel and electric locomotives, carriages [73] Hunslet Engine Company – diesel locomotives, narrow-gauge steam locomotives; part of Wabtec [74] Rhino Industries – narrow-gauge diesel/steam locomotives, new build, maintenance [75]
On August 25, 2009, Team Inspiration of the British Steam Car Challenge broke the long-standing record for a steam vehicle set by a Stanley Steamer in 1906, setting a new speed record of 139.843 mph (225.055 km/h) over a measured mile at Edwards Air Force Base, in the Mojave Desert of California.
The New York factory is expected to begin building the new trains in 2026. ... funds and approval to sell another $2.5 billion in tax-exempt bonds to build the new rail line. The company won ...
In 1948, the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad (P&LE) purchased seven 2-8-4 "Berkshire" type steam locomotives from the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) of Schenectady New York and designated as the class A-2a and assigned road numbers 9400 through 9406. [2] [3] The tenders were built by Lima and weighed in 22 tonnes (22,000,000 g; 22,000 kg ...
Tennessee Valley Railroad No. 610 is a preserved S160 Class 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type steam locomotive built by the Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation for the U.S. Army in March 1952. It is one of the last steam locomotives built for service in the United States and the last new steam locomotive acquired by the U.S. Army.
Asserted to be the only operating steam locomotive in Louisiana. MD-01 Chesapeake and Ohio 1309: 2-6-6-2: 1949 built Western Maryland Scenic Railroad: Last-built of BLW's Class 1 mainline locomotives, it pulled coal trains. One of few articulated locomotive operating in the United States, on the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad. MD-02
Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad No. 643 is the sole survivor of the class H-1 2-10-4 "Texas type" steam locomotives built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1944 for the Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad, primarily used for hauling heavy mainline freight trains in Pennsylvania and Ohio, until retirement in 1952.