The American Steam Railroad Preservation Association is aiming for an initial test firing of Reading Co. 4-8-4 No. 2100 ...

Thus, instead of locomotives with 18 x 24-inch cylinders and 1,200 to 1,300 square feet of heating surface, and 160 pounds of steam pressure, the American builders would probably have sent over an ...

American Locomotive, and Lima Locomotive, signifying what to many was the apex of steam design. Further expansions to the design included four "triplex" locomotives - three Erie 2-8-8-8-2s and one ...

Brand-new Milwaukee Road class A 4-4-2 Atlantic-type No. 4 stands for a portrait at the road’s West Milwaukee Shops on Sept. 15, 1937. Alco built class As Nos. 1 and 2 in 1935, No. 3 in 1936, and No.

Hy-polite Uhry, and Henry A. Luttgens, both of Patterson, N. J., for overheating steam within the smoke box of locomotive engines for the purpose of improving the working of steam in cylinders ...

Steam locomotives have several times attained speeds of from 105 to 120 miles an hour over distances of less than eight miles. But the fastest time made regularly on American steam roads is 75 to ...

Why is there a huge American steam locomotive in a small Cumbrian village?Why is there a huge American steam locomotive in a small Cumbrian village?

(KTNV) — In one Nevada community, the history of the American railway is kept alive ... But he still remembers when he first laid eyes on a steam locomotive train as a child.

This steam locomotive is a member of the Princess Coronation Class, designed by Sir William Stanier and built at Crewe in 1938. 6233 'Duchess of Sutherland' worked express passenger train services ...

O. Winston Link was a pioneering American commercial photographer. Best known for his images of steam locomotives, Link is responsible for developing the equipment and techniques that allowed for some ...