Steam locomotive profile: 4-4-0 American
New York Central 4-4-0 No. 999 earned a place in history when it reached a speed of 112.5 mph while…
Read moreNew 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 his article “Nine Decades in the Service of Steam” in the Summer 2004 issue of Classic Trains magazine, James…
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Norfolk & Western Y6-Class 2-8-8-2 No. 2136 thunders east near Delbarton, W.Va., with a coal train on March 25, 1959.…
Read moreCapturing the disappearing aspects of American life is photographer David Plowden’s stock in trade. He proudly relates that his first…
Read moreDavid W. Salter’s natural curiosity took him trackside throughout the South in the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s, photographing railroads in…
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