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Railway Empire ' s base game takes place in the United States from 1830 to 1930. The player can build a large network of railway lines and buy various locomotives to serve cities and industries - growing cities in the process, and hire railway personnel for both train operations and office positions, all with individual bonuses and personality types.
Great Northern 2507 (GN 2507) is a 4-8-2 "Mountain" type steam locomotive, a member of the P-2 class. [1] Built for passenger service, the locomotive was assigned to pull the Great Northern's mainline passenger trains such as the Empire Builder and Oriental Limited, until being retired in December 1957 and sold to Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway. [1]
One of the most powerful electric locomotives ever built, it also is the most powerful (short term) single-frame locomotive ever built (currently [when?] its maximum short term power is limited to 12,000 horsepower (8,948 kW)); It has immense short term power with a tractive effort of 312 kN up to a speed of 140 km/h (87 mph).
Initially, the locomotive was assigned to the flatter districts due to the districts having long tangents, easy curves and light grades, [3] then a test in 1931 proved the class was capable of pulling the Empire Builder over the Divide between Havre and Whitefish, Montana where grades are up to 1.8% and the locomotive was also assigned to the ...
The locomotive then operated on the North Shore Scenic Railroad, usually for special events. After moving from Duluth to St. Paul, the locomotive was called into duty for special excursions, including operating with Milwaukee Road 261 [6] and pulling Great Northern Railway Historical Society and National Railway Historical Society charters. In ...
The GER Classes S46, D56 and H88 (classified Classes D14, D15, and D16 by the London and North Eastern Railway) were three classes of similar 4-4-0 steam locomotive designed by James Holden (S46 and D56) and A. J. Hill (H88) for the Great Eastern Railway.
A locomotive is a rail transport vehicle that provides the motive power for a train.If a locomotive is capable of carrying a payload, it is usually rather referred to as a multiple unit, motor coach, railcar or power car; the use of these self-propelled vehicles is increasingly common for passenger trains, but rare for freight trains.
New York Central and Hudson River Railroad No. 999 is a 4-4-0 “American” type steam locomotive built for the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad in 1893, which was intended to haul the road's Empire State Express train service. It was built for high speed and is alleged to be the first steam locomotive in the world to travel over 100 ...