1917, steam locomotives, which consume large amounts of fuel (wood, coal, and later oil) and even more water, were gradually retired and replaced by diesel...
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Locomotives of India Locomotives of Pakistan Khyber Train Safari Khyber Pass Railway Retirement of steam locomotives by country Steam locomotives of the 21st century...
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Pere Marquette 1225 (redirect from Pere Marquette Railway Steam Locomotive No. 1225)
"Berkshire" type steam locomotive built by the Lima Locomotive Works for the Pere Marquette Railway (PM) in Lima, Ohio. No. 1225 is one of two surviving...
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Nickel Plate Road 765 (redirect from New York Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Steam Locomotive No. 765)
Plate Road 765 is a S-2 class 2-8-4 "Berkshire" type steam locomotive built by the Lima Locomotive Works for the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad...
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SR Merchant Navy class (redirect from Merchant Navy (steam locomotive))
Pacifics – or Packets) is a class of air-smoothed 4-6-2 (Pacific) steam locomotives designed for the Southern Railway by Oliver Bulleid. The Pacific design...
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New York Central 3001 (category Preserved steam locomotives of Indiana)
(129 km/h). By the early 1940s, Keifer designed 50 L-3 Mohawks, which were NYC's first modern dual-service steam locomotives. The L-3 locomotives were built...
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Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, 4-4-2 represents a configuration of a four-wheeled leading bogie, four powered...
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Everett Railroad 11 (category Preserved steam locomotives of Pennsylvania)
personal interest in steam locomotives and hoped to run No. 11 on the railroad. By the time of Rasmussen's death in 2004, the No. 11 locomotive had spent more...
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LNER Class A4 (category Standard gauge steam locomotives of Great Britain)
The LNER Class A4 is a class of streamlined 4-6-2 steam locomotive designed by Nigel Gresley for the London and North Eastern Railway in 1935. Their streamlined...
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Norfolk and Western 611 (redirect from Norfolk & Western Class J No. 611 Locomotive)
steam locomotives. Built in May 1950 at N&W's Roanoke (East End) Shops in Roanoke, Virginia, it was one of the last mainline passenger steam locomotives built...
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Strasburg Rail Road (section Locomotives)
Strasburg has five operational steam locomotives on its roster, as well as several others in various stages of restoration. As of 2022, Canadian National No...
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Western Maryland Scenic Railroad 1309 (category Preserved steam locomotives of Maryland)
"Mallet" type steam locomotive with a 2-6-6-2 (Whyte notation) wheel arrangement. It was the very last steam locomotive built by Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW)...
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4-6-2 (redirect from Pacific (locomotive))
the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-6-2 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles, six powered...
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Head-end power (redirect from Train lighting by electricity)
hauled by a steam locomotive would be provided with a supply of steam from the locomotive for heating the carriages. When diesel locomotives and electric...
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GWR 4900 Class (category Standard gauge steam locomotives of Great Britain)
Hall Class is a class of 4-6-0 mixed-traffic steam locomotives designed by Charles Collett for the Great Western Railway. A total of 259 were built at Swindon...
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Southern Railway Ps-4 class (category Steam locomotives of Southern Railway (U.S.))
The Southern Railway Ps-4 was a class of 4-6-2 steam locomotives built for the Southern Railway (SOU), as well as its subsidiaries, the Alabama Great Southern...
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Pennsylvania Railroad class S1 (category Steam locomotives of the United States)
The PRR S1 class steam locomotive (nicknamed "The Big Engine") was a single experimental duplex locomotive of the Pennsylvania Railroad. It was designed...
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Southern Railway 630 (category Steam locomotives of Southern Railway (U.S.))
excursion trains for the steam program until being replaced by larger steam locomotives in the early 1980s. No. 630 was leased by the Tennessee Valley Railroad...
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East Somerset Railway (category Lists of coordinates)
several locomotives belonging to other railways such as LMS Ivatt Class 2 2-6-2T 41313 in 2017 and fellow Ivatt 46447 in 2014 for the Isle of Wight Steam Railway...
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2-6-0 (redirect from Mogul (locomotive))
the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, usually in...
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Railway of York (reporting mark NCRA) is a non-profit, Civil War themed heritage railroad based in New Freedom, Pennsylvania. A reproduction 4-4-0 steam locomotive...
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Grand Trunk Western 6325 (category Preserved steam locomotives of Ohio)
"Northern" type steam locomotive built in 1942 by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) for the Grand Trunk Western Railroad. As a member of the dual service...
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Oregon Railroad and Navigation 197 (category Preserved steam locomotives of Oregon)
Railroad and Navigation Co. 197 is a 4-6-2 "Pacific" type steam locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1905 for the Oregon Railroad and Navigation...
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(1997). Australian Steam Locomotives 1896–1958. Kenthurst: Kangaroo Press. pp. 21, 88. ISBN 086417778X. Armstrong, John (1994). Locomotives in the Tropics...
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2-10-2 (category 2-10-2 locomotives)
the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-10-2 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels, ten powered and coupled...
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4-8-4 (category 4-8-4 locomotives)
the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-4 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles, eight powered...
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Southern Railway 1401 (category Preserved steam locomotives of Washington, D.C.)
4-6-2 steam locomotive built in July 1926 by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) of Richmond, Virginia, for the Southern Railway (SOU) as a member of the...
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EMD SDP40F (category Diesel–electric locomotives of the United States)
for new-build locomotives. Amtrak deployed the original 40 locomotives on long-distance trains in the Western United States. The locomotives entered revenue...
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4-8-2 (category 4-8-2 locomotives)
the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-2 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels, eight powered and coupled...
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Oliver Bulleid (category Locomotive builders and designers)
His other major steam locomotive design, the Q1 "Austerity" 0-6-0 freight engine, appeared in 1942. All steam locomotives designed by Bulleid for the...
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