The Forney locomotive is a type of tank locomotive patented by Matthias N. Forney between 1861 and 1864 and used predominantly in the US. Forney locomotives...
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wing metal monoplane ERCO Ercoupe Forney locomotive, a steam locomotive built to the design of Matthias N. Forney Forney algorithm, for calculating the error...
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0-4-4T (category 0-4-4T locomotives)
the wheel arrangement became known as the Forney, after a specific design of 0-4-4s, the Forney locomotive, became heavily used on the narrow curves of...
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Bridgton and Saco River Railroad (section Locomotives)
experience of the Sandy River Railroad. Hinkley Locomotive Works modified their 2 ft (610 mm) gauge Forney design to run boiler first with an extended frame...
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steam engine to burn oil. A Forney locomotive; (Cora-Texas Plantation Co. 0-4-4T No. 1) locomotive designer Matthias N. Forney was a second cousin to the...
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similar to the Mason Bogie is another design, the Forney locomotive. Like the Mason Bogie, the Forney has powered axles under the boiler and a trailing...
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few more years. Construction started with a Porter 14-ton 0-4-4T Forney locomotive originally built for the Sandy River Railroad in 1883. During construction...
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Kennebec Central Railroad (section Locomotives)
passenger-baggage car built by Jackson & Sharpe, and a 16-ton 0-4-4 Forney locomotive built by Baldwin Locomotive Works. Operational experience during the first summer...
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Mount Gretna Narrow Gauge Railway (section Locomotives)
gauge of 24 inches (610 mm). Locomotives, apart from an early and unsuccessful H. K. Porter, Inc 0-4-4T Forney locomotive numbered 11 (first 11), were...
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replica of the original WW&F's No. 7. No. 7 was a Baldwin 28-ton 2-4-4T Forney locomotive (Baldwin classification 10-16 1/4 C-5a) which was scrapped in 1937...
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Forney (March 28, 1835 – January 14, 1908) was an American steam locomotive designer and builder. He is most well known for the design of the Forney type...
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This is a list of current and retired locomotives in the People's Republic of China. The first steam locomotive in China is thought to be a 2 ft 6 in...
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One locomotive: #5600 George H. Emerson O originally for any Mallet type; replaced by two letter code P 4-6-2 Q 2-8-2 R 0-4-4 Forney locomotives S 2-10-2...
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Monson Railroad (section Locomotives)
October. Initial equipment consisted of two wood-burning locomotives from Hinkley Locomotive Works and two box cars, fourteen flat cars, and a combination...
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Portland Terminal Company shops for the SR&RL between 1912 and 1917. SR&RL locomotives 15, 16, 17 and 18 were reboilered in the Maine Central Waterville shops...
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Disneyland Railroad (section Locomotives)
operates with two steam locomotives built by WED and three historic steam locomotives originally built by Baldwin Locomotive Works. The ride takes roughly...
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Union Pacific Big Boy (redirect from Big Boy (locomotive))
Boy is a type of simple articulated 4-8-8-4 steam locomotive manufactured by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) between 1941 and 1944 and operated...
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Southern Railway 1509 (category Forney locomotives)
Southern Railway "Maud" 1509 is the oldest surviving steam locomotive of the Southern Railway. The engine was built by Baldwin in December 1879 for the...
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preserved locomotives in the United States, organized by state then city or town of their last-known locations. It is intended to list all locomotives that...
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4-2-4T (redirect from 4-2-4 (locomotive))
Could was a Forney locomotive with this wheel arrangement. Wikimedia Commons has media related to 4-2-4T locomotives. D. L. Bradley, Locomotive of the London...
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Portland Company (category Defunct locomotive manufacturers of the United States)
established 10 November 1846 by John A. Poor and Norris Locomotive Works engineer Septimus Norris as a locomotive foundry to build railroad equipment for the adjacent...
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2-4-4T (category Steam locomotive stubs)
logical ways of reaching this wheel formula: to add a forward axle to a Forney locomotive to improve its ability to negotiate curves, or to add a second trailing...
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Cab forward (redirect from Cab forward locomotive)
(610 mm) gauge locomotives built to the Forney cab-forward design for the Billerica and Bedford Railroad in 1877 by Hinkley Locomotive Works of Boston...
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Shimen-Taiyuan (石門~太原) Tongpu Trunk Line (同蒲幹線) Datong-Puzhou [zh] (大同~蒲州) Locomotives of the North China Transportation Company used the same classification...
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Whyte notation (redirect from 4w (locomotive))
is a classification method for steam locomotives, and some internal combustion locomotives and electric locomotives, by wheel arrangement. It was devised...
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capacity. A rear tank is an essential component of the American Forney type of locomotive, which is a 4-4-0 American-type with wheels reversed. Wing tanks...
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Sandy River Railroad (section Locomotives)
railroad sold locomotive #2 to the Phillips and Rangeley Railroad (P&R) being built from Phillips to Rangeley, and purchased 2 new locomotives to deal with...
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Franklin and Megantic Railway (section Locomotives)
River from Kingfield to Carrabassett. At that time, the F&M owned 2 locomotives, 7 box cars, 21 flat cars, 40-foot (12.19 m) combination car #1 built...
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Phillips and Rangeley Railroad (section Locomotives)
Portland Company locomotive built in 1890 was 12.5% heavier than any previous 2 ft (610 mm) gauge locomotive in Maine. The 2-6-0 locomotive purchased from...
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California Avenue. The road originally used 35 0-4-4T Forney locomotives built by the Rhode Island Locomotive Works and 125 trailer coaches built by Gilbert...
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