Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
They had begun building steam locomotives in 1894, and their popular 15 in (381 mm) gauge 4-4-0 was a crude replica of New York Central and Hudson River Railroad No. 999, the first in the world to travel over 100 mph (161 km/h). [3]
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 ...
Central Railroad of New Jersey No. 113, also known as CNJ No. 113, is a B-7 class 0-6-0 "Switcher" type steam locomotive built in June 1923 by the American Locomotive Company for the Central Railroad of New Jersey. [4] The locomotive was designed solely for yard service and could only operate at slow speeds due to the locomotive not having any ...
Emerson Zooline Railroad's Chance Rides C.P. Huntington train in Saint Louis Zoo, one of hundreds of exact copies of this ride model in locations worldwide. A ridable miniature railway (US: riding railroad or grand scale railroad) is a large scale, usually ground-level railway that hauls passengers using locomotives that are often models of full-sized railway locomotives (powered by diesel or ...
The low-roof trailers were 13 feet 0 inches (3.96 m) tall and weighed 109,400 pounds (49,600 kg). In 1961, they were renumbered 3200–3249. After retirement, the cars were stored at Mahwah, New Jersey, and listed for sale on March 9, 1984, and November 13, 1984. [citation needed]
Breese, Kneeland, and Company was a nineteenth century builder of steam locomotive engines located at Jersey City, New Jersey. Initially styled the New York Locomotive Works , the company was active under various ownerships in building steam locomotives from 1853 until 1873. [ 1 ]
Preserved steam locomotives of the state of New Jersey. ... New York, Susquehanna and Western 142; S. Southern Railway 385; U. United States Army 4039
Between 1916 and 1930, the New York Central Railroad (NYC) ordered 4-8-2 L-1 and L-2 steam locomotives, replacing the 4-6-2 Pacifics for use on fast mainline freight trains. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] While the other railroads referred to the 4-8-2 wheel arrangement as Mountain , the NYC uses the name Mohawk after the Mohawk River, which ran alongside ...