Steam locomotive profile: 2-10-2 Santa Fe
Santa Fe No. 900 was part of the railroad’s first class of 2-10-2s, delivered by Baldwin between 1903 and 1904.…
Read moreSanta Fe No. 900 was part of the railroad’s first class of 2-10-2s, delivered by Baldwin between 1903 and 1904.…
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Central Vermont 2-10-4 No. 703 puts on quite a show rolling through Sudbury, Vt., with a northward freight in 1955.…
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New York Central 4-4-0 No. 999 earned a place in history when it reached a speed of 112.5 mph while…
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The Pennsylvania Railroad built 90 G5s class 4-6-0s between 1923 and 1925. Ten-Wheeler No. 1963 was photographed pulling away from…
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Santa Fe owned the largest fleet of Atlantics, and kept a handful in service until 1953. No. 1468, a 1909…
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C&NW subsidiary Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha owned the world’s heaviest and most powerful Pacifics. No. 602 – one…
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Henry Dreyfus created the timeless design worn by the streamlined 4-6-4s that pulled the Twentieth Century Limited. New York Central…
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BY Neil Carlson The development of the 4-8-2 grew out of the need for a locomotive with greater power than…
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Better than most railroads, perhaps, the Union Pacific understood fast freight service. With an expansive network of lines spread across…
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The proving ground for Union Pacific’s locomotives was a 75-mile portion of its busy main line between Ogden, Utah, and…
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In 1920, when American railroads emerged from 26 months of government control, the prevailing philosophy of freight-train operation was to…
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The Wabash Railway of 1900 was part of the empire that George Gould inherited from his father Jay. Its lines…
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