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unusual facts about steam locomotives



Articulated vehicle

Steam locomotives were sometimes articulated in that the driving wheels could pivot around turns.

Ferrocarril Central Andino

In its early days, the line relied mainly on steam locomotives imported from the United States, but in the twentieth century the most characteristic type were the "Andes" type oil-fired 2-8-0s from Beyer, Peacock and Company of Manchester.

Mochdre, Conwy

Sited on the North Wales Coast Line from Chester to Holyhead, it was the location of experimental trackside water troughs, from which passing steam locomotives could scoop up fresh water supplies without having to stop.

Stephen Lewin

Stephen Lewin of Poole, Dorset, England was a builder of steamboats and steam locomotives.

Württemberg Ts 4

The DRG Class 99.17, formerly the Württemberg Ts 4 of the Royal Württemberg State Railways were German narrow gauge steam locomotives bought for working the 15.11 kilometre long route between the towns of Altensteig and Nagold.


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Alton Limited

Starting in 1903, its motive power was a series of 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotives.

Big Hill

At that time, standard steam locomotives were 4-4-0s, capable enough for the prairies and elsewhere, but of little use on the Big Hill.

Booster engine

Canadian Pacific Railway rostered 3,257 steam locomotives acquired between 1881 and 1949, yet only 55 were equipped with boosters.

Branxholme locomotive dump

In 1927, when scrap steel was an uneconomic proposition, New Zealand Railways started dumping obsolete steam locomotives at Branxholme to arrest erosion.

Brevik Line

In general the local trains to Skien were hauled using a NSB Class 32 steam locomotives, and the express train by NSB Class 30.

Brunswick State Railway Company

The importance of the railway can be seen from the number of steam locomotives that was constant at around 25, whilst there was only one Benzol railbus.

Cape Breton Development Corporation

One of DEVCO's first tourism-related developments in the early 1970s was the Cape Breton Steam Railway, a joint project with the Sydney and Louisburg Railway Historical Society, which saw unused Devco Railway tracks between Glace Bay and Port Morien used for operating a tourist railway, with coal-powered steam locomotives.

Černý Most

The area, whose name means "black bridge" in English, was named after a stone bridge over the nearby railway line from Prague to Čelákovice, which was turned "black" by the smoke from passing steam locomotives.

Cowlairs

After nationalisation in 1948, the works became the property of BREL, who used steam locomotives until 1968.

Crown Metal Products

The Crown Metal Products was a manufacturer of steam locomotives based in Wyano, Pennsylvania founded by Ken Williams in 1959.

Detroit and Charlevoix Railroad

At this time, the road had three steam locomotives equipped with air brakes, 25 Russel Logging Cars and 29 platform cars rated to 60,000 lbs with air brakes, two snow plows and two passenger cars.

Don Hale

Hale's book, Mallard - How the Blue Streak broke the World Speed Record, was first released in paperback by Aurum Press in May 2008 to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the speed record for steam locomotives held by LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard.

Double-headed

Double-heading, the use of at least two steam locomotives at the front of a train

Ferrovia Alifana

Service from Caiazzo to Piedimonte began in 1914, held with steam locomotives.

Gerard Dewhurst

The Great Central Railway named one of its GCR Class 11F "Improved Director" steam locomotives after him, No. 507 (later L.N.E.R. No. 5507 and B.R. No. 62661).

H15

LSWR H15 class, a 1914 British class of 2-cylinder 4-6-0 steam locomotives

Hideo Shima

Hideo Shima joined the Ministry of Railways (Japanese Government Railways) in 1925, where, as a rolling-stock engineer, he designed steam locomotives.

Shima was also involved in the design and development of the Class C62 and Class D62 steam locomotives for express passenger trains and heavy-duty freight trains, respectively.

Hocking Valley Scenic Railway

It was also in 1982 that two more steam locomotives arrived, donated by American Electric Power, which were 0-6-0 No. 3 and "fireless" 0-4-0 No. 2 (it wouldn't be until 2003 that No. 3 was moved into the shop to begin restoration efforts).

Holcroft valve gear

When working for the GWR, Holcroft collaborated with Sir Nigel Gresley to invent and patent the Gresley conjugated valve gear for three-cylinder steam locomotives.

K36

D&RGW K-36, a 3-ft (914 mm) narrow gauge, Mikado type, 2-8-2 steam locomotives

Kolomna Locomotive Works

Prior to the World War II (1941 - 1945), the plant produced steam locomotives, diesel locomotives, electric locomotives, diesel engines, tunnel shields and tubing to subway, turbine, tenders, condensers for steam locomotives.

Kominato Line

The project was revived in 1917 by noted entrepreneur Yasuda Zenjirō, who used the financial resources of the Yasuda zaibatsu to fund over half of the construction costs, and who imported two steam locomotives from the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to run on the new line.

La Trochita

The line is in possession of 22 steam locomotives, 11 Henschel and 11 Baldwins 2-8-2 "Mikado" type locomotives, 7 of which are currently operable, 2 Baldwin and 3 Henschel in the Maitén - Esquel section, and 2 Baldwin locomotives in the Jacobacci section.

Lima LS-1000

Chief Mechanical Officer Bert Townsend resigned in protest of the decision to scrap the plans to build steam locomotives.

LNER Class B2

GCR Class 1 ("Sir Sam Fay" Class), steam locomotives designated LNER Class B2 between 1923 and 1945

Mainline Steam

Mainline Steam is a New Zealand organisation devoted to the restoration and operation of historic New Zealand Railways mainline steam locomotives.

Marc Seguin

In 1829, he delivered two steam locomotives of his own design to the Saint-Étienne–Lyon railway.

McCloud Railway

The railroad also had two steam locomotives but one, No. 18, was sold to the Virginia and Truckee Railroad in 2005.

N class

NZR N class, a class of steam locomotives used by the New Zealand Railways Department and the Wellington and Manawatu Railway

New York Central 3001

New York Central 4-8-2 steam locomotives were not known at "Mountain" types; they were dubbed "Mohawk", named after the Mohawk River, which the New York Central followed.

Plaster City, California

Plaster City was briefly, in 1993, the locale of the fully restored Eureka Locomotive, one of the last narrow gauge steam locomotives from the height of railroad development in the West.

Prater Liliputbahn

The two original 4-6-2 'Pacific' steam locomotives are still in operation, numbered 1 and 2.

PRR HH1

The Pennsylvania Railroad class HH1 comprised six ex-Norfolk and Western Railway Y3 class 2-8-8-2 steam locomotives.

Queensland Pioneer Steam Railway

QPSR has three steam locomotives, the first being an ex-QR PB15 class locomotive, Number 448, built by Walkers of Maryborough in 1908, and now fully restored in working order.

River Irvine

The railway carried steam locomotives 9 years before the Stockton and Darlington Railway and is believed to be the first passenger steam railway in the world.

Robert Hall Smith

He authorized operating tests in 1952 to compare General Motors Electro-Motive Division diesel locomotives with two N&W-designed and -built steam locomotives.

Roelof de Man

The Central South African Railways recognised Roelof's contribution to the settlement of South Africa by naming one of the South African Class B 0-6-4T steam locomotives in his honour.

San Francisco Belt Railroad

Diesel locomotives and steam locomotives including V&T's J.W. Bowker (2-4-0 locomotive) were on display.

Sand Hutton Light Railway

All four Hunslet steam locomotives were built for the War Department's meat depot in Deptford.

Skimbleshanks

In the late 1950s, this station was the departure point for the Starlight Express, a train which ran from St Enoch to London St Pancras via the former Great Central main line, and which was known for its unusual use of steam locomotives which were not commonly seen on those routes.

South African Class NG2 0-4-2T

Between 1897 and 1901 several 0-4-2ST narrow gauge saddle tank steam locomotives, built by Dickson Manufacturing Company of Scranton in Pennsylvania shortly before it merged with seven other manufacturing firms to form the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) in 1901, were delivered to various gold mines on the Witwatersrand by Arthur Koppel, acting as importing agents.

Theodore N. Ely

Prior to the 1881-3 design of the Pennyslvania's Class K 4-4-0 American Standard steam locomotives (later reclassified to the Pennsylvania's Class D6 4-4-0 American Standards), most fire boxes were located between the frames of locomotives, restricting their width, and thus, the power of the locomotive.

U class

SR U class, 2-6-0 steam locomotives built for the Southern Railway

Val Gardena Railway

It was 32.5km (19.5 miles) long, and operated 0-8-0T steam locomotives constructed by Krauss.

Wantage Tramway

Several other steam locomotives were used for short periods, including GWR no. 1329 Raven (Avonside Engine Company 0-4-0ST 1052/1874), GWR no. 1359 Wye (Fletcher, Jennings & Co. 0-4-0T 153/1876) and ex-Royal Arsenal Railway Driver (Manning Wardle 0-4-0ST 515/1875).

Y3

LNER Class Y3, a class of 0-4-0 geared steam locomotives built by Sentinel Waggon Works

Yonah

The Yonah (locomotive) - one of the four steam locomotives involved in the Great Locomotive Chase during the American Civil War.

Z12

New South Wales Z12 class locomotive, a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotives built for and operated by the New South Wales Government Railways of Australia