Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The nickname Mastodon is often mistakenly used to describe the 4-8-0 wheel arrangement and was derived from the unofficial name of the first 4-8-0 locomotive of the Central Pacific Railroad in the United States, the wood-fired CPR no. 229, which was designed and built in 1882 by the railroad's master mechanic, Andrew Jackson (A.J.) Stevens, at ...
Track gauge. 4 ft 8 + 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) The Monon Railroad (reporting mark MON), also known as the Chicago, Indianapolis, and Louisville Railway (reporting mark CIL) from 1897 to 1971, was an American railroad that operated almost entirely within the state of Indiana. The Monon was merged into the Louisville and Nashville Railroad in 1971 ...
Plans to create a shared use trail on the former Monon right-of-way date back to the late 1980s. [11] In 1999, a 10.0-mile (16.1 km) segment in Indianapolis was completed, while a 5.2-mile (8.4 km) segment in Carmel was opened between 2001 and 2002. [12] The first phase of the trail cost approximately $5.5 million to create. [13]
Carmel station. Carmel Monon Depot, also known as Monon Depot Museum, is a historic train station located at Carmel, Hamilton County, Indiana. It was built in 1883 by the Monon Railroad, and is a one-story, rectangular frame building measuring 45 by 18 feet (13.7 by 5.5 m). It has a gable roof with wide overhanging eaves.
The Thoroughbred was a streamlined passenger train operated by the Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway (Monon) between Chicago, Illinois and Louisville, Kentucky via Monon, Indiana. It operated from 1948 to 1967. The Thoroughbred was the last passenger train operated by the Monon. It was named for the Thoroughbred horse breeds, a nod ...
Grand Trunk Western 5629 was a 4-6-2 K-4-a steam locomotive, which was a copy of the United States Railroad Administration 's (USRA) Light Pacific design, built by American Locomotive Company (ALCO) in 1924, for the Grand Trunk Western Railroad. It was used to haul commuter passenger trains in Michigan until 1960, when it was purchased by ...
The trailing wheels were positioned well behind a narrow firebox, which itself sat above the coupled wheels, necessitating the same design compromise between coupled wheel diameter and grate size as on a 2-8-0 Consolidation or 4-8-0 Mastodon. A more common 4-8-2 design was a progression of the classic 4-6-2 Pacific layout, which featured a wide ...
Numbers. 229; renum. 1950 in 1891; renum. 2800 in 1901; renum. 2925 in 1906. Nicknames. Mastodon. First run. April 1882. Scrapped. June 29, 1935, Brooklyn shops, Portland, Oregon. Mastodon was the unofficial name of the Central Pacific Railroad 's number 229, the world's first successful 4-8-0 steam locomotive.