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Central Railroad of New Jersey 113. Chesapeake and Ohio class H-8. Chesapeake and Ohio class K-4. Chesapeake and Ohio classes L-2 and L-2-A. Chesapeake and Ohio class M-1. Chesapeake and Ohio class T-1. Chesapeake & Ohio classes J-1 and J-2. Chesapeake and Ohio Greenbrier. Chicago and North Western D Class.
Another of 12 locomotives built for the D&RG by BCW in 1883 with large 46 in (1,200 mm) drivers, making them suitable for relatively fast passenger service. CO-04. Rio Grande 315 or Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Locomotive No. 315 or D&RGW 315. Steam "C-18" 2-8-0 narrow-gauge. 1895 built.
Cost to build US$ 265,000 in 1941, equivalent to $5,489,457 in 2023. The Union Pacific Big Boy is a type of simple articulated 4-8-8-4 steam locomotive manufactured by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) between 1941 and 1944 and operated by the Union Pacific Railroad in revenue service until 1962. The 25 Big Boy locomotives were built to ...
Tom Thumb. (locomotive) Tom Thumb was the first American-built steam locomotive to operate on a common-carrier railroad. It was designed and constructed by Peter Cooper in 1829 to convince owners of the newly formed Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) (now CSX) to use steam engines; it was not intended to enter revenue service.
Disposition. Boiler exploded June 17, 1831; [1] some parts reused to build Phoenix. The Best Friend of Charleston was a steam-powered railroad locomotive widely considered the first locomotive to be built entirely within the United States for revenue service. It was also the first locomotive to suffer a boiler explosion in the United States.
Union Pacific 4012, nicknamed "Big Boy", is a 4-8-8-4 type locomotive built by American Locomotive Company in November 1941. It is among the world's largest steam locomotives. One of 25 built, No. 4012 is one of eight of its type to survive the advent of the diesel era. Referred to as an "articulated" locomotive, because it has more than one ...
Preserved steam locomotives of North Carolina (4 P) Preserved steam locomotives of Ohio (15 P) Preserved steam locomotives of Oklahoma (1 P) Preserved steam locomotives of Oregon (8 P) Preserved steam locomotives of Pennsylvania (41 P) Preserved steam locomotives of South Dakota (1 P) Preserved steam locomotives of ...
The Union Pacific heritage fleet includes commemorative and historic equipment owned by the Union Pacific Railroad.The fleet currently consists of two historic steam locomotives, three historic diesel locomotives, seventeen modern diesel locomotives in historic or commemorative paint schemes and nearly four dozen passenger cars used on office car specials and excursion trains.