A railfan remembers encounters with the familiar 4-6-4 Hudson steam locomotive type on multiple railroads around the Great ...

Explore the fascinating mechanics behind a steam locomotive, a marvel of engineering that revolutionized transportation. This video unpacks how heat from burning oil in the tender turns water into ...

Thus, Gresley was tasked to design a new locomotive. He produced the A4 Pacific (a 4-6-2-wheel arrangement) and no. 2509 Silver Link was the first locomotive of this class to leave Doncaster Works ...

FROM the Association of Engineering and Shipbuilding Draughtsmen come two pamphlets “Steam Locomotive Design ... it on from the point at which wheel arrangements, cylinder sizes, etc., ...

Because of their great length, the Big Boy frames were “hinged,” or articulated, to allow the locomotives to negotiate curves. They had a 4-8-8-4-wheel arrangement, which meant they had four wheels on ...

The Whyte notation is a classification method for locomotives wheel arrangement. The order is "Leading wheels - Powered wheels - Trailing wheels" The NMR locos have the classification of 0-8-2RT, ...

Because of their great length, the Big Boy frames were “hinged,” or articulated, to allow the locomotives to negotiate curves. They had a 4-8-8-4 wheel arrangement, which meant they had four wheels on ...

The locomotives were 132 feet long and weighed ... They had a 4-8-8-4 wheel arrangement, which meant they had four wheels on the leading set of “pilot” wheels which guided the engine, eight ...

The locomotives were 132 feet long and weighed ... They had a 4-8-8-4 wheel arrangement, which meant they had four wheels on the leading set of “pilot” wheels which guided the engine, eight ...

The ALCO factory has experience making Mallet type locomotives since 1904. This Mallet locomotive has a 1D+D wheel arrangement and is the largest and most powerful steam locomotive in the world with a ...