2-8-8-4 - Wikipedia
Several classes of Yellowstone, especially the Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range 's locomotives, are among the largest steam locomotives, with the exact ranking depending on the criteria …
The 2-8-8-4 "Yellowstone": A Late Era Design - American-Rails.com
Sep 28, 2024 · Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range 2-8-8-4 #230 steams southbound at Alborn, Minnesota with a heavy load of iron ore on May 17, 1959. The Yellowstone Type was also one …
Northern Pacific 2-8-8-4 "Yellowstone" Locomotives in the USA
NP wanted to burn low-grade Rosebud coal (obtained from mines along the line) in their locomotives. This required the Yellowstone to be designed with a huge (the largest ever used …
Northern Pacific Railway locomotives - Wikipedia
The Z-5 Yellowstone s were two locomotives under one boiler, these were the largest locomotives in the world when delivered in 1928. They eliminated the use of two locomotives on the head …
2-8-8-4 "Yellowstone" Locomotives in the USA
This table compares the various Yellowstone designs along with that of the UP Big Boy and Western Pacific 2-8-8-2. All Yellowstone classes employed simple steam expansion and thus …
2-8-8-4 Yellowstone Type - Steam Giants
One of the largest, most powerful, steam locomotives to run on American rails is the 2-8-8-4 Yellowstone. Northern Pacific, B&O, Southern Pacific & the DM&IR rostered this behemoth.
Northern Pacific Railway locomotives - Trains
May 24, 2021 · Northern Pacific’s 12 Z-5 freight locomotives were the first 2-8-8-4 Yellowstone types and, at the time of their construction in 1928 and ’30, the largest engines in the world. …
Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range 2-8-8-4 "Yellowstone" Locomotives …
The D&RGW sent a telegram to the DM&IR stating that the Yellowstones were the finest steam locomotives to ever operate on its road. On the DM&IR they were used as the main road …
Steam locomotive profile: 2-8-8-4 Yellowstone - Trains
Jun 14, 2006 · Giant steam locomotives, colorful streamliners, great passenger trains, passenger terminals, timeworn railroad cabooses, recollections of railroaders and train-watchers.
PHOTOS: DM&IR M4 Yellowstone, NP Z5: 3rd Rail Sunset and …
Jun 30, 2015 · I wanted to share a few recent pictures of the 3rd Rail DM&IR Yellowstone and Northern Pacific Z5 -Great models- The recent discussions on the Yellowstone-Type …