Oil-fired narrow gauge steam locomotives
Oil-fired narrow gauge steam locomotives are relatively rare. But they are making a come-back in the world of preservation. Recently…
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Oil-fired narrow gauge steam locomotives are relatively rare. But they are making a come-back in the world of preservation. Recently…
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These are the steam locomotives on Big Boy’s 2021 route. In August and September 2021, Union Pacific Big Boy…
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The BL2 was a mistake at diesel locomotive leader EMD EMD’s BL2 diesel locomotive was a mistake of historic proportions.…
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The movie camera of R. R. “Dick” Wallin finds 3-foot-gauge Mikados at work in Colorado and New Mexico. [...]Read More...
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New York Central’s 275 4-6-4 Hudson-type engines are among the most celebrated of all steam locomotive classes. As the top…
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R. R. Wallin was trackside in Wyoming with his 8mm movie camera to capture Big Boys in their final two…
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Canadian National design for 2-6-2 locomotives Library and Archives Canada Canadian National design for 2-8-2 locomotives Library and Archives Canada…
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Read J. David Ingles’ two-part Alco FA study, “Alco’s Big Bid to Be Best,” published in June and July 1975…
Read moreRead about EMD’s Plant 3 at Cleveland, Ohio, in “Not Built at La Grange,” an article from Classic Trains Special Edition No.…
Read moreSee PDFs of the patent drawings covering elements of the Pennsy’s S2 turbine locomotive [...]Read More...
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This graph shows the calculated drawbar horsepower curves for five classes in the first wave of 4-8-4s: Lackawanna Q-1, Canadian…
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Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac 4-8-4 No. 602, named Governor Thomas Jefferson, rushes an 18-car passenger train toward Washington, D.C., near…
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