It isn’t much of a stretch to proclaim the 2-8-4 Berkshire-type steam locomotive as the “poster child” of the Super Power era ...

The steam era of railroading in the United States is among the most storied, transformative legacies in the long saga of American industrialization. Chugging, hissing locomotives that spewed plumes of ...

In 1928, the Northern Pacific went shopping for a locomotive that could eliminate doubleheading on the eastern end of its Yellowstone Division between Mandan, N.Dak., and Glendive, Mont. NP’s line ...

Unfortunately, the Baldwin did exactly that, running out of coal in Independence. Blanchard had to fetch 10 buckets full from the railroad's stockpile, so owner Scott Symans, of Dunkirk, N.Y., could ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Collection consists of 202 assembly drawings of locomotives and tenders, prepared to check the clearances and major component parts of the ...

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