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Outside North America, the 2-10-4 was rare. In South America, the Central Railway of Brazil ordered 17 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) metre gauge 2-10-4 locomotives, 10 from Baldwin, which were delivered in 1940, and another seven from the American Locomotive Company, which were delivered in 1947. [citation needed]
Between 1929 and 1944, the Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad, a class II company connecting Conneaut, Erie, and Bessemer, [1] ordered a fleet of 47 H-1 class 2-10-4 "Texas" types, [2] which were nearly direct copies of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy's own fleet of 2-10-4 "Colorado" types, from the American Locomotive Company in Schenectady, New York, and the Baldwin Locomotive Works in ...
In 1930, the C&O ordered the first of forty 2-10-4 "Texas"-types from Lima, which they classified as the T-1 class, and they shared identical design features with the Erie’s 2-8-4s. [ 1 ] The T-1s were equipped with a trailing truck booster that exerted 15,275 pounds-force (67.95 kN) of tractive effort.
Santa Fe No. 5000 is a 2-10-4 "Texas" type steam locomotive constructed by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1930 for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. No. 5000 was immediately nicknamed the "Madame Queen" [2] and remained a unique member of its own class. It was donated to the City of Amarillo, Texas in 1957. As of 2023, Santa Fe 5000 is ...
During World War II, the PRR needed heavier locomotives to pull freight and military equipment, but wartime restrictions prohibited the development of a new locomotive design. In response to this the Pennsylvania Railroad borrowed a 2-6-6-4 Class A of the Norfolk and Western Railway and a 2-10-4 from the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. Both ...
They became the world's first locomotives to be constructed with a 2-10-4 wheel arrangement. [9] [10] [2] [a] The new 2-10-4s (Nos. 600-609) were classified as I-1s, and the wheel arrangement was named the "Texas" type, on behalf of the T&P. [9] [2] [11] They were equipped with several design features that were identical to those on the Lima A ...
The equivalent UIC classification of locomotive axle arrangements is 1E2 or 1'E2'. Pages in category "2-10-4 locomotives" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
These were the only 0-10-2 locomotives ever built in the United States and this purchase gave the name "Union" to this type. [ 1 ] The Union Railroad was a switching and transfer line owned by U.S. Steel , serving a number of plants in the area and connecting with six trunk line railroads.