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Great Northern Railway 2-8-8-0 Class N-1 locomotive, built at the Baldwin Locomotive Works in August 1912. In the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement , a 2-8-8-0 is a locomotive with a two-wheel leading truck , two sets of eight driving wheels , and no trailing truck .
The 0-6-0 remained a common type for lighter use and on branch lines, but the 0-8-0 largely disappeared in favour of the better-riding 2-8-0. The first 2-8-0 to be built in Britain was the Great Western Railway 's 2800 Class , with 84 locomotives built between 1903 and 1919, followed by a further 83 of the very similar GWR 2884 Class between ...
The locomotives were mainly used to haul military supply and troop trains, plus some services for civilians. After the Armistice of 11 November 1918 many of the class returned from France to the UK in 1919 and 1920. One ROD 2-8-0 duty remaining until the latter year was a through troop train from Cologne to Calais. [5]
Initially the boiler pressure of the 2-8-0 was set at 200 lbf/in 2 (1.4 MPa) with 18-inch (457 mm) diameter cylinders. Tractive effort started out at 29,775 lbf (132.45 kN) but was increased substantially in the production engines by enlarging the cylinder diameter to 18 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (470 mm) and raising the steam pressure to 225 lbf/in 2 (1.55 ...
The 2-8-0 was part of a three locomotive order from the Oregon Short Line Railroad built that month by Baldwin and numbered 1066-1068. [1] During World War II, the locomotive pulled trains from the Ogden Yards to the Ogden Army Defense Base. This lasted from 1941-1945 when the Japanese surrendered. Afterward, the engine continued to handle ...
The London Midland and Scottish Railway LMS ex-ROD 2-8-0s were a class of 2-8-0 steam locomotive designed for freight work. In 1927, the LMS purchased 75 ex- Railway Operating Division ROD 2-8-0s from George Cohen and Armstrong Disposals Corporation , primarily for their tenders , which were used for various ex- LNWR locomotives.
The City of Knoxville and Old Smoky Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society made plans to restore 154 and it became the oldest operating Southern Railway steam locomotive. [1] On July 3, 2010, No. 154 made its debut at the Three Rivers Rambler and pulled its first passenger train on the Gulf & Ohio Railways. [4]
The War Department (WD) "Austerity" 2-8-0 is a type of heavy freight steam locomotive that was introduced in 1943 for war service. A total of 935 were built, making this one of the most-produced classes of British steam locomotive. They were nicknamed Ozzies by the railwaymen. [1]
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