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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 ...
Numbers. CFL: 4701–4710. ČSD: 459.001–459.015. JŽ: 38.001–38.075. PKP: Tr202.1–Tr202.30. The Liberation Class was a class of 2-8-0 steam locomotives designed for heavy freight work in post- Second World War Europe. 120 were built by the Vulcan Foundry of Newton-le-Willows in 1946.
Disposition. Preserved. The JGR Class 150 (国鉄150形, Kokutetsu 150 gata), also known in Japan as Locomotive No. 1 (1号機関車, Ichi-gō kikansha), is a British-built tank steam locomotive of 2-4-0 T wheel arrangement, imported in 1871 by Meiji-era Japan for its first railway [ ja], the line between Tokyo and Yokohama which opened in 1872 ...
Gov. Stanford. Gov. Stanford is a 4-4-0 steam locomotive originally built in 1862 by Norris Locomotive Works. [2] Following construction, it was disassembled and hauled by the ship Herald of the Morning around Cape Horn to California, then up the rivers aboard the schooner Artful Dodger, arriving in Sacramento on October 6, 1863. [3] [4] [5 ...
Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad 2102 (historically known as Reading 2102) is a preserved "T-1" 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotive.Originally built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in March 1925 as an "I-10sa" 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type locomotive for the Reading Company, No. 2102 was rebuilt by the Reading's own locomotive Shops as a 4-8-4 "Northern" in September 1945, and it ...
A locomotive or engine is a rail transport vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. If a locomotive is capable of carrying a payload, it is usually referred to as a multiple unit , motor coach , railcar or power car ; the use of these self-propelled vehicles is increasingly common for passenger trains , but rare for freight ...
Disposition. One preserved, remainder scrapped. État 231-500 to 231-783 was a series of 4-6-2 steam locomotives of the Chemin de fer de l'État ("the État "). 289 engines of this series were built starting in 1914, with deliveries from 1916 through 1923. They replaced and supplemented the 231 B that had a tendency to derail.
The Ministry of Railways of the People's Republic of China (MOR) ordered 500 locomotives in February 2007 for € 1.1 billion ( US$ 1.4 billion) from Dalian Locomotives and Bombardier Transportation, with Bombardier's share amounting to € 370 million ( US$ 480 million). [3] The first unit, HXD3B0001 was delivered on 29 December 2008 in Dalian ...