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Pennsylvania Railroad 5550 (PRR 5550) is a mainline duplex drive steam locomotive under construction in the United States. With an estimated completion by 2030, the locomotive will become the 53rd example of the Pennsylvania Railroad's T1 steam locomotive class and the only operational locomotive of its type, [7] as well as the largest steam locomotive built in the United States since 1952.
Hunslet Engine Company – diesel locomotives, narrow-gauge steam locomotives; part of Wabtec [74] Rhino Industries – narrow-gauge diesel/steam locomotives, new build, maintenance [75] Severn Lamb – narrow gauge diesel/steam/steam outline locomotives, carriages, and track infrastructure [76] Steam Loco Design [77]
Steam locomotives constructed in the 21st century fall into two broad categories: those that use advanced steam technology to be commercially competitive with diesels; and those built to more traditional designs for hauling tourist trains. Even locomotives in the second case likely use some modern methods and materials.
Defunct locomotive manufacturers of the United States (47 P) B. Baldwin locomotives (3 C, 349 P, 2 F) Brooks locomotives (4 P) Brookville Equipment Corporation (2 C, 1 P)
The purchase of new-build steam locomotives by the DR ended in 1960 with 50 4088, the last standard-gauge steam locomotive built in Germany. No locomotive of the classes 25.10 and 83.10 was in service for more than 17 years. The last engines of the classes 23.10, 65.10 and 50.40 were retired in the late 1970s, with some units older than 25 years.
New York Central 1290 and 1291; New York Central and Hudson River Railroad No. 999; New York Central Hudson; New York Central Niagara; Nickel Plate Road class H-6o; Norfolk and Western 611; Norfolk and Western 2300; Norfolk and Western A class; Norfolk and Western J Class (1879) Norfolk and Western J Class (1903) Norfolk and Western J class (1941)
As early as June 1936, the management of Pennsylvania Railroad decided to build a new passenger locomotive to replace its aging K4s locomotives. They also hoped that the new S1 steam locomotive would have a performance equal to their Pennsylvania Railroad class GG1 electric engine and would be capable of hauling a 1,000-ton passenger train at ...
In the final years of steam on the NYC, No. 3001 and the other L-3s were demoted to lighter trains, due to the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad (P&LE) 2-8-4 Berkshires and 4-8-4 Niagaras handling increasingly heavier freight and passenger trains on the system. As the new diesel locomotives entered the NYC regions, No. 3001 and the other steam ...
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