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Pages in category "Railway locomotives introduced in 1870" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The GNR did not number its locomotives sequentially, instead using numbers freed up by withdrawing older locomotives. Thus the 1870 series was numbered between GNR No. 1 and 671, the 1884 series 771-8 and 1001-2, and 1894 series 1003-8.
A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by ... Until 1870, [40] the majority of locomotives in the United States ...
In May to July 1870, three locomotives (Great Britain, Prometheus and Estaffete) were extensively rebuilt with new frames and boilers, but retaining their original names. Following these, further locomotives were built to similar specifications, entering service between August 1871 and July 1888.
The Jupiter (officially known as Central Pacific Railroad #60) was a 4-4-0 steam locomotive owned by the Central Pacific Railroad.It made history when it joined the Union Pacific No. 119 at Promontory Summit, Utah, during the golden spike ceremony commemorating the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in 1869.
The locomotives originally came from British builders such as Dübs & Company and Beyer, Peacock & Company; however, from the late 1870s into the 1880s, railways also bought locomotives from American builders, mostly from Baldwin, and a few from the Rogers Locomotive & Machine Works in New Jersey.
The NER 708 Class was a class of 0-6-0 freight steam locomotive of the North Eastern Railway, ... between June 1870 and December 1871. These were numbered 706–755.
Lima Locomotive Works (LLW) was an American firm that manufactured railroad locomotives from the 1870s through the 1950s. The company's name is derived from the location of its main manufacturing plant in Lima, Ohio (/ ˈ l aɪ m ə / LY-mə [1]).