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Locomotion No. 1 (originally named Active) is an early steam locomotive that was built in 1825 by the pioneering railway engineers George and Robert Stephenson at their manufacturing firm, Robert Stephenson and Company. It became the first steam locomotive to haul a passenger-carrying train on a public railway, the Stockton and Darlington ...
The EMD DDA40X is a 6,600 hp (4,943 kW) D-D locomotive, built by EMD from 1969 to 1971 exclusively for the Union Pacific Railroad. [ 1] It is the most powerful diesel-electric locomotive model ever built on a single frame, having two 16-645E3A diesel prime movers. [ 2] Union Pacific has marked DD40X on the cab exteriors, while EMD literature ...
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Locomotives of Canada. Subcategories. This category has the following 10 subcategories, out of 10 total. Diesel locomotives of Canada (1 C, 3 P) Electric locomotives of Canada (5 P) Steam locomotives of Canada (1 C, 28 P) C. Canadian National Railway locomotives (35 P)
Reading 2101 is a preserved American class "T-1" 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotive constructed in September 1945 for use by the Reading Company. Constructed from an earlier "I10SA" 2-8-0 "Consolidation"-type locomotive built in March 1923, the 2101 handled heavy coal train traffic for the Reading until being retired from revenue service in 1959.
Canadian Locomotive Company 1948 Display From the Gettysburg Railroad, No. 1278 suffered a crown sheet failure in 1995, underwent a partial cosmetic restoration in 2016. [7] 1293: Canadian Pacific Railway: 4-6-2 Canadian Locomotive Company 1948 Display, awaiting future rebuild Age of Steam's primary locomotive/locomotive power. [18] [7] 1551
History and design. The Chesapeake and Ohio tested an Erie Railroad Berkshire locomotive, then stretched the design by adding one more driving axle, creating the 2-10-4. The T-1s were equipped with a trailing truck booster that exerted 15,275 pounds of tractive effort. They could pull the same train as a 2-8-8-2 H-7 and do it faster.
A Union Pacific Big Boy locomotive, which was built by the American Locomotive Company in 1941. This is a list of locomotives including notable locomotives that are preserved in museums or in heritage railways. For a list of locomotive types or models, please see List of locomotive classes.
However, these locomotives were experimental and the condensing tender was mainly used on the 2-10-0 SO19-series locomotive. The E class was the most numerous single class of locomotive in the world, with around 11,000 manufactured in Russia and other countries such as Czechoslovakia, Germany, Sweden, Hungary and Poland.