Most successful articulated locomotive: The 4-6-6-4 Challenger
The 4-6-6-4 Challenger was the most successful articulated steam locomotive design. Rating steam locomotives is a risky business.…
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The 4-6-6-4 Challenger was the most successful articulated steam locomotive design. Rating steam locomotives is a risky business.…
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The Morrison-Knudsen MK5000C was but a footnote to 1990s locomotive history. It kind of resembled an EMD six-axle…
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The best-selling Alco diesel locomotives came from the switcher, cab unit, and road switcher product lines. The American Locomotive Co.…
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The biggest 4-6-2 Pacific came from a surprisingly small railroad. Any history of the American steam locomotive must…
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Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee equipment set it apart from other electric interurban lines. Please enjoy this photo gallery selected…
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Similar to the EMD RS1325, the Alco S5 locomotive is one of those locomotive designs that seemed like a good…
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The best-selling first-generation Electro-Motive diesel locomotives came from the switcher, cab unit, and road switcher product lines. The company that…
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The biggest steam switcher stood head and shoulders above the rest. In the steam era, switch engines came…
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The most expensive 2-8-4s were Louisville & Nashville’s “Big Emma” M-1s. Perhaps no latter-day steam locomotive wheel arrangement matched the…
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The best-selling Baldwin diesel locomotives are low-horsepower end-cab switchers owing to wartime material restrictions. Baldwin Locomotive Works of Eddystone, Pa.,…
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The Bombardier HR616 locomotive sold just 20 copies to one railroad, qualifying it as a Diesel That Didn’t. In North…
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If there’s one thing to be said about the Union Pacific Armour yellow paint scheme, it’s that it hasn’t changed…
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