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  • Sep 18, "Stourbridge Lion" Locomotive: Facts, History, Photos
  • Sep 15, The "John Bull": The C&A's First Locomotive (1831)
  • Oct 18, Virginian Railway's 2-6-6-6 Locomotives (Class AG)

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american-rails.com /1 month ago

Sep 18, "Stourbridge Lion" Locomotive: Facts, History, Photos

Stourbridge Lion—Foster, Rastrick 0-4-0, first steam locomotive in the United States. Horatio Allen, Honesdale, August 8, 1829. Too heavy for D&H gravity track. Boiler in Balti...

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american-rails.com /1 month ago

Sep 15, The "John Bull": The C&A's First Locomotive (1831)

John Bull locomotive—Stephenson Planet-type 0-4-0, 1831. Dripps assembly, 4-2-0 rebuild, cowcatcher. Specs, Camden & Amboy career, Smithsonian 1884, 1981 steam-up, 1939 replica...

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american-rails.com /4 days ago

Oct 18, Virginian Railway's 2-6-6-6 Locomotives (Class AG)

Virginian Railway class AG. Eight Lima 2-6-6-6s, Nos. 900-907, built in 1945 for the east end. Billed at 753,000 pounds. Scrapped in 1960.

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american-rails.com /1 month ago

Sep 4, C&O/Chessie 18742: Huntington's Battery Shop Switcher

C&O/Chessie/CSX 18742: GE 1917 15-ton battery shop switcher at Huntington, W.Va. One locomotive, not a fleet. Newport News E-6, X-5000, Chessie paint.

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american-rails.com /1 week ago

Oct 14, "Jawn Henry" Locomotive: Specs, Diagram, Photos

Norfolk & Western No. 2300, class TE-1, the steam turbine-electric Jawn Henry. Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton, Westinghouse, and Babcock & Wilcox, May 1954. Specifications, the road...

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railsofsheffield.com /1 month ago

рџљ‚рџ’Ё Hornby Steam Generating & DCC Sound Locos In Stock

Hornby produce a range of OO Gauge steam locomotives pre-fitted with their advanced new steam generator system as well as premium DCC Sound features to boot! More

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nonsmokingladybug.com /1 week ago

Photo of the Day

Locomotive: Built in 1940 by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO), originally operated by the Alabama State Docks Commission, and moved to Ohio in 2001, displayed next to the tra...

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american-rails.com /1 month ago

Sep 18, B&O Steam Locomotive Roster (Post 1900)

Baltimore & Ohio steam—Old Maude, E-27 Consolidations, Q Mikados, Big Sixes, EM-1 Yellowstones, President Pacifics. Post-1900 class roster after Drury. Last public steam May 17...

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american-rails.com /1 month ago

Sep 16, Southern Railway 4-6-2 1380: The Streamlined Ps-4

Southern Railway Ps-4 4-6-2 1380—Alco 1923, serial 64857. Otto Kuhler streamlining at Spencer 1940–41 for the Tennessean. Only streamlined steam locomotive on the Southern. Scrappe...

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american-rails.com /2 weeks ago

Oct 6, "Triplex" Steam Locomotive: Specs, History, Photos

Erie class P-1 Triplex 2-8-8-8-2s. Three Baldwin compounds, 2603–2605, later 5014–5016, built 1914 and 1916. Matt H. Shay, the 1930 class card, and Virginian XA 700.

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american-rails.com /2 weeks ago

Oct 8, Milwaukee Road X3800: Deer Lodge’s Shop Goat

Milwaukee Road X3800, the a home-built shop goat that served the Deer Lodge, MT yard. It was a 220-volt DC switcher, powered through an extension cord that moved electrics into a r...

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american-rails.com /2 weeks ago

Oct 5, C&O's M-1 Steam Turbine Locomotives: Specs, Roster, History

Chesapeake & Ohio Class M-1 steam-turbine-electrics. Three Baldwin-Westinghouse locomotives, 500–502, built 1947–48 for The Chessie. Specs, the 2-C1+2-C1-B arrangement, and a r...

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american-rails.com /1 month ago

Sep 21, Long Island Rail Road Diesel Roster: All-Time

Long Island diesel—boxcab 401 in 1925, FM C-Liners, RS-3s, C-420s, GP38-2s, DE30AC and DM30AC. All-time roster with serials and orders.

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electrek.co /3 weeks ago

Chicago Metra calls its new battery-electric locomotive a first of its kind

Metra’s diesel-engined commuter trains are familiar sights in and around Chicago, and so is the smell of spent diesel that surrounds them – but a new battery-electric FLIRT locomot...

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american-rails.com /1 week ago

Oct 10, C&O's 4-6-4 "Hudson" Locomotives (Class L): Specs, Roster, History

Chesapeake & Ohio Class L 4-6-4 Hudsons. Eight L-2s, five L-1 rebuilds, five L-2-As. Specs, Baldwin works numbers, and the roster. No. 490 survives.

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american-rails.com /1 month ago

Sep 20, GE "44-Tonner" Locomotives: Roster, Specs, History

GE 44-ton switcher—90,000-pound rule, Caterpillar D17000 center-cab, Sept 4 1940 CB&Q 9103 through Oct 1956 Dansville & Mount Morris 1. Phases, serial roster, PRR 46.

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railway-news.com /1 month ago

FS Logistix Selects Stadler’s EUROLIGHT Dual Platform

Italian freight operator, FS Logistix, has announced its selection of Stadler’s bi-mode locomotive platform EUROLIGHT Dual for its company Mercitalia Shunting & Terminal. The l...

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jalopnik.com /1 month ago

For The Price Of A BMW 5 Series, You Could Buy A Whole Damn Train

This General Electric Genesis P32AC-DM locomotive, straight from the rails of the Metro-North Railroad, is just about the neatest thing I've seen on GovDeals.

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american-rails.com /1 month ago

Sep 21, Long Island Rail Road Steam Locomotives: History, Roster & Photos

Long Island steam—G5s 20–50, H10s 101–119, last steam at Hicksville October 8, 1955. Post-1898 class roster.

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american-rails.com /1 month ago

Aug 24, Union Pacific GE Steam Turbine-Electrics (1938): History & Specs

GE’s 1938 steam turbine-electric locomotives for Union Pacific—Nos. 1 and 2, 2-C+C-2, 2,500 hp, Babcock & Wilcox 1,500–1,600 psi boilers, condensers. Omaha display April 29, 19...

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american-rails.com /6 days ago

Oct 16, Virginian Railway Steam Roster (Post 1900)

Virginian Railway steam locomotives built since 1900. Mikados, 2-8-8-2s, the Triplex, class AE 2-10-10-2s, and the 1945 2-6-6-6s.

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american-rails.com /1 month ago

Sep 17, Jersey Central Steam Locomotives: History, Roster & Photos

Central Railroad of New Jersey steam—Camelback Ten-Wheelers, USRA Mikados, G-class Pacifics, suburban tanks. Post-1900 class roster after Drury. Dieselized July 1, 1954.

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american-rails.com /1 month ago

Sep 21, Lehigh Valley Steam Locomotives: History, Roster & Photos

Lehigh Valley steam—Camelback Consolidations, 2-10-2s, K-class Pacifics, six Mountains, Wyoming 4-8-4s. Post-1900 roster after Drury. Last steam September 14, 1951.

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american-rails.com /1 month ago

Sep 22, Maine Central Steam Locomotives: History & Roster

Maine Central steam—Ten-Wheelers, W-class Consolidations, S-class Mikados, C-class Pacifics, Hudsons 701 and 702. Post-1900 roster after Drury. Last steam June 13, 1954.

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