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At the time of construction (1972) one of the world's most powerful locomotives. Currently in operation as of May 2022 with the revised classification of Re 620. Shen 12 Shenhua Mining Group: HXD1.7: CRRC Zhuzhou Electric 3×Bo'Bo' 276 tonnes (304 short tons) 1,140 kilonewtons (256,282 lbf) starting 14,400 kilowatts (19,311 hp) continuous rating
The Reuben Wells was the first steam engine to work the grade by adhesion alone, pushing the cars up the hill as well as supporting them on the descent starting in 1880. [6] The Reuben Wells was completed in the railroad shops [7] in 1868, and quickly proved to be a success leading to the creation of a second locomotive in 1869 named M. G. Bright.
An estimate of total steam locomotive production in the United States is about 175,000 engines, including nearly 70,000 by Baldwin. Altoona Machine Shops (PRR) American Locomotive Company (ALCO) Amoskeag Locomotive Works; Appomattox Locomotive Works – operated by Uriah Wells; Atlas Car & Manufacturing Company
Category for manufacturers of steam engines – that is, stationary steam engines and marine steam engines. (Manufacturers of steam railway locomotives (often known colloquially as steam engines) are listed elsewhere.)
All were/are built at Fort Worth, Texas or Erie, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Most (except the electrics, the switchers, the AC6000CW, and the Evolution series) are powered by various versions of GE's own FDL diesel prime mover, based on a Cooper Bessemer design and manufactured at Grove City, Pennsylvania. GE is one of the largest ...
There, steam breaking plows were needed to till the virgin soil. The massive 40-120 (and later 140) HP engines were brought out in 1908 and their two stories height allowed the driver (engineer) to see over the cross-compound engine. They built engines in nominal horsepower sizes: 13 hp, 16 hp, 20 hp, 25 hp, 32 hp and 40 hp.
Baldwin also produced their most powerful steam engines in history, the 2-8-8-4 "Yellowstone" for the Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway. The Yellowstone could put down over 140,000 lbf (622.8 kN) of Tractive force. They routinely hauled 180 car trains weighing over 18,000 short tons (16,071 long tons; 16,329 t).
In 1846, Rogers built what is referred to as the largest 6-wheel truck engine in the United States; the Licking, serial number 92, built for the Mansfield and Sandusky Railroad, generated 110 psi (760 kPa) of steam pressure and could pull a 380-short-ton (345 t; 339-long-ton) train up a grade of 16 feet per mile (3 m/km) or 0.3%. [19]