Water standpipe
This is a typical standpipe (also called water crane, water column, or water plug) used to fill steam locomotive tenders…
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In the 1890s, the Gotthard Railway in Switzerland operated the first Mallet locomotives. They were compound articulated locomotives developed by,…
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A Daylight 4-8-4 and a 4-8-2 doublehead the Los Angeles-bound San Joaquin Daylight upgrade at Allard, Calif., a dozen miles…
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Four F7s take a train of refrigerator cars through a horseshoe curve near Gleed, Ariz., in the 1950s. A major…
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Denver & Rio Grande Western 4-8-2 1705 raises an impressive smoke plume as it lifts a troop train up the…
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Wabash E8 1007 brings the Wabash Cannon Ball into Litchfield, Ill., near the beginning of its St. Louis–Detroit run in…
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Electro-Motive 952, completed in August 1949, was the first E8 built. After a stint as a demonstrator, it became Rock…
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Townsfolk of New Lisbon, Wis., inspect Milwaukee Road Class A No. 2 after the 4-4-2 clipped off 14 miles at…
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Dirty Chicago & North Western class H-1 4-8-4 No. 3029 departs Chicago with train 13, a local for Omaha, on…
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Maryland & Pennsylvania four-wheel caboose 2003 — a little car with a big number — whiles away the day at…
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Even though it’s a tank locomotive (with the water tank around the boiler), Rayonier 2-6-6-2T No. 111 also sports a…
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West Side Lumber Co. two-truck Heisler No. 3 was one of about 600 geared locomotives produced by the Heisler Locomotive…
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