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The Union Pacific Big Boy is a type of simple articulated 4-8-8-4 steam locomotive manufactured by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) between 1941 and 1944 and operated by the Union Pacific Railroad in revenue service until 1962.
GE steam turbine locomotives; Gov. Stanford; Grand Trunk Western 5629; Great Northern 2507; Great Northern 2584; Great Northern F-8; Great Northern H-5; Great Northern M-1; Great Northern O-1; Great Northern P-1; Great Northern P-2; Great Northern Q-1; Great Northern S-1; Great Northern S-2; Great Smoky Mountains Railroad 1702
LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard is officially the fastest steam locomotive, reaching 126 mph (203 km/h) on 3 July 1938. LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman was the first steam locomotive to officially reach 100 mph (160 km/h), on 30 November 1934. 41 018 climbing the Schiefe Ebene with 01 1066 as pusher locomotive (video 34.4 MB)
Canadian Pacific's Holiday train is set to pass through southeast Michigan Monday night, but in case you miss the opportunity to see the brightly lit locomotive, there are numerous other places to ...
Type or class Whyte classification Manufacturer Four-coupled switcher 0-4-0: Olomana 0-4-2 Forney 0-4-4 Six-coupled switcher 0-6-0 Eight-coupled switcher
New York Central and Hudson River Railroad No. 999 is a 4-4-0 “American” type steam locomotive built for the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad in 1893, which was intended to haul the road's Empire State Express train service. It was built for high speed and is alleged to be the first steam locomotive in the world to travel over 100 ...
The Union Pacific 9000 class was the only class of steam locomotives with a 4-12-2 wheel arrangement ever to be built. Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, the locomotives had four leading wheels, twelve coupled driving wheels, and two trailing wheels.
Louisiana Steam Train Association, Jefferson, LA: Operational. Last surviving locomotive built in Louisiana. 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.