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Great Western 90 is a preserved 12-42-F class 2-10-0 "Decapod" steam locomotive owned and operated by the Strasburg Rail Road (SRC) east of Strasburg, Pennsylvania.Built in June 1924 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works, No. 90 originally pulled sugar beet trains for the Great Western Railway of Colorado, and it was the largest of the company’s roster.
A small number of other Decapods were ordered by other railroads; the I-2 Decapods built for the Western Maryland Railway were the largest ever built, at almost 420,000 lb (190 t) weight, and are a notable exception to the rule of thumb for the comfort of the ride on a 2-10-0 wheel arrangement, crews said the engines cruised smoothly up to 50 ...
In the early 1920s, the Georgia Florida and Alabama Railroad (GF&A) approached the Baldwin Locomotive Works to construct a locomotive identical to the Russian Decapod design from World War I, as the railroad was in search of powerful locomotives that would be light enough to negotiate their 56-pound (0.028-short-ton) trackage. [1]
On 1 November 1944, PRR 4483 was reassigned to the Eastern Region, Central PA Division and Williamsport Division and equipped with a cab signal, whistle and acknowledger. In the early 1950s, it was again reassigned to the PRR Ebenezer, often seen hauling coal drags up the Elmira Branch to the coal unloading docks in Sodus Bay on Lake Ontario ...
The GER Class A55 or Decapod was an experimental steam locomotive with an 0-10-0 WT wheel arrangement designed by James Holden for the Great Eastern Railway. It was the first ten-coupled steam locomotive in Great Britain .
It is currently a subsidiary of OmniTRAX but was founded in 1902 to serve the Great Western Sugar Company and other sugar beet and molasses companies in Colorado, and built by another Great Western subsidiary, Loveland Construction Company. [1] [2] It also operated passenger services from 1917 to 1926
The Great Southern and Western Railway Class 90 is a class of 0-6-0 T steam locomotive. They were one of the smallest steam locomotives to be inherited by the CIÉ on its formation. History
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