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Both of the Northern Pacific's 2-6-6-2 classes were copies of GN designs, including their Belpaire fireboxes, a rarity on NP steam locomotives. NP 3015, last of the Class Z's, had a troubled existence, suffering a crown sheet failure at Kennedy, Washington , on Stampede Pass circa 1916, then later derailing on the Wallace Branch in Idaho in 1933.
Oldest preserved steam locomotive of the Union Pacific Railroad. CA-12 1744: Steam 2-6-0 M-6 1901 built by BLW Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, California: The Pacific Locomotive Association purchased and began the restoration to bring No. 1744 back to life on the Niles Canyon Railway. CA-12.5 Southern Pacific 5623: Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol ...
The Northern Pacific Railway was the first railroad to order a 2-8-8-4. The first was built in 1928 by American Locomotive Company; at the time, it was the largest locomotive ever built. It had the largest firebox ever applied to a steam locomotive, some 182 square feet (16.9 m 2) in area, to burn Rosebud coal, a cheap low-quality coal. But the ...
Pages in category "Preserved steam locomotives of the United States" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. ... Northern Pacific 328; S.
The Northern Pacific class S-10 (NP S-10) [1] was a type of steam locomotive in use on American railroads in the early 20th century. The first engines of the type were introduced in 1905, and ten were acquired by the Northern Pacific Railway (NP) in 1907, continuing in service until the 1930s and 1940s. One of the engines, Specifically No. 328 ...
Union Pacific 844, the only steam locomotive never retired by a North American Class I railroad. The 4-8-4 wheel arrangement was a progression from the 4-8-2 Mountain type and, like the 2-8-4 Berkshire and 4-6-4 Hudson types, an example of the "Super Power" concept in steam locomotive design that made use of the larger firebox that could be supported by a four-wheel trailing truck, which ...
Northern Pacific 328 is a S-10 class (NP S-10) [1] 4-6-0 "Ten Wheeler" type steam locomotive.Built in August 1905 by ALCO's Roger Works, she, along with her sisters, were set on fast passenger trains along the NP systemIt was restored to operational condition in 1981, and was retired again in 1999.
After years of running second-hand equipment, the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway (SP&S) was allowed by its parent companies, Great Northern Railway and Northern Pacific Railway, to purchase its first new locomotives. These included three Northern E-1 class locomotives (700, 701 and 702) for passenger service and six Z-6 class Challengers ...