Steam locomotive profile: 2-8-0 Consolidation
On October 19, 1951, three Delaware & Hudson 2-8-0s shove a heavy freight out of Carbondale, Pa. Robert F. Collins…
Read moreOn October 19, 1951, three Delaware & Hudson 2-8-0s shove a heavy freight out of Carbondale, Pa. Robert F. Collins…
Read moreNorthern Pacific’s last batch of 2-8-2s came from Alco in 1923. One member of the class, No. 1843, blasts through…
Read moreOne of Nickel Plate’s handsome Berkshires leads a westward freight across the Grand River bridge in Painesville, Ohio. No. 802…
Read moreTwo Pennsylvania Railroad Decapods shove a heavy freight around Horseshoe Curve in the Allegheny Mountains. H. W. Pontin, Railroad Photographic…
Read moreSanta Fe No. 900 was part of the railroad’s first class of 2-10-2s, delivered by Baldwin between 1903 and 1904.…
Read moreCentral Vermont 2-10-4 No. 703 puts on quite a show rolling through Sudbury, Vt., with a northward freight in 1955.…
Read morePenn Central Company Penn Central was created February 1, 1968 by merger of Pennsylvania and New York Central. Entered bankruptcy…
Read moreCanadian National Canadian National Railways was incorporated June 6, 1919, to operate several carriers that had come under governmental control…
Read moreLehigh & Hudson River Railway Warwick Valley opened in 1862 as 6-foot-gauge line, standard-gauged in 1880. It was extended southwest…
Read moreDelaware & Hudson Railway Delaware & Hudson, calling itself the longest-lived transportation company in the U.S., dates to an 1823…
Read moreTennessee Central Railway Tennessee & Pacific dates from 1871. By 1900 one of several “Tennessee Centrals” ran east to Emory…
Read moreAkron, Canton & Youngstown Railway Akron, Canton & Youngstown incorporated in 1907, completed its line in 1913. Purchased by N&W…
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