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The St. Louis–San Francisco Railway Class T-54 were built in the 1920s as a class of two-cylinder, 4-8-2 "Mountain" type steam locomotive, they were all constructed by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway (SLSF), also known as the "Frisco".
3 dni temu · Baldwin Locomotive Works erecting card drawings for the following Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railroad locomotives (by class number): 14-48 1/4 E 46-48, 12-46 1/4 E 769-773; 12-40 1/4 D 69, 12-44 1/4 D 106.
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, a 4-8-8-2 is a locomotive with four leading wheels, two sets of eight driving wheels, and a two-wheel trailing truck. The equivalent UIC classification is refined to (2'D)D1' for simple articulated locomotives.
The Missouri Pacific took delivery of seven 4-8-2s from the American Locomotive Company in 1913. These locomotives, designated Class MT-63, were relatively light (296,000 lbs), and were assigned road numbers 5201 through 5207. They had 63" diameter drivers and exerted 51,075 lbs of tractive effort.
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-2 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels, eight powered and coupled driving wheels and two trailing wheels. This type of steam locomotive is commonly known as the Mountain type, [1] though the New York Central Railroad used the name Mohawk for their 4-8-2s.
The "Mountain" 4-8-2 was a fast dual-service locomotive that was bought by many railroads in need of more motive power for the ever increasing weight of passenger trains and to compete for fast freight. In North America 41 railroads bought or built 2,204 "Mountain" Locomotives.
1 lis 2024 · The 4-8-2 Mountain was a steam locomotive designed by Alco for the Chesapeake & Ohio in 1910. The design was quite successful with more than 2,000 built.
