Western Maryland locomotive 1309 is a steam standout
Name: Western Maryland locomotive 1309 Builder: Baldwin Locomotive Works Wheel arrangement: 2-6-6-2 Mallet (Articulated) Build date: November 1949 Why it’s important: The…
Read moreName: Western Maryland locomotive 1309 Builder: Baldwin Locomotive Works Wheel arrangement: 2-6-6-2 Mallet (Articulated) Build date: November 1949 Why it’s important: The…
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We’re No. 1! Locomotives Number One: We long ago gave up on how railroads number their locomotives. Just as we…
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Name: Soo Line locomotive 1003 Builder: American Locomotive Company (Alco) Wheel arrangement: 2-8-2 Mikado Build date: March 1913 Why it’s important:…
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Lehigh Valley locomotives were known by the road’s early Cornell red and black paint scheme. Later, units carried gray-and-yellow and…
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The EMD NW3 locomotive was the builder’s first entry into the eventually lucrative road switcher category, although it was intended…
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The best-selling Fairbanks-Morse diesel locomotives came from the builder’s “H” series of hood units. Even though Fairbanks-Morse built relatively…
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Amtrak F40PH locomotives are considered the standard passenger motive power for the 1980s and early 1990s. The four-axle, 3,000-hp units…
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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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Climax Class A logging locomotive As steam locomotives go, logging engines aren’t the most attractive specimens out there. They’re the…
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Control cars Always looking for more effective ways to be a railroad, Union Pacific in the early 2000s experimented with…
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Five common shortline diesel locomotives in North America: When it comes to short lines and regional railroads, differences abound. Their…
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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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