Steam locomotive profile: 4-6-0 Ten-Wheeler
The Pennsylvania Railroad built 90 G5s class 4-6-0s between 1923 and 1925. Ten-Wheeler No. 1963 was photographed pulling away from…
Read moreThe 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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Interurbans Interurbans were electric railroads running between cities, often of lighter construction than “steam” railroads. They had their own rights…
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One enduring symbol of railroading’s past is the red-and-white diamond herald of the Railway Express Agency. Today one finds reminders…
Read moreNorfolk & Western’s Jawn Henry (named for the legendary “steel-drivin’ man”) was the last of a handful of U.S. experimental…
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BNSF Railway Company Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. created on September 22, 1995, when BN bought AT&SF’s corporate Parent. Atchison,…
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Canadian National Canadian National Railways was incorporated June 6, 1919, to operate several carriers that had come under governmental control…
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