Erie 4-6-2 "Pacific" Locomotives in the USA
These large-boilered Pacifics were the largest class of 4-6-2s built for the Erie. Alco built three (works numbers 30712-30714) in 1905, Rogers 41 (works 38578-39724) in 1906, and Baldwin …
Erie 2-6-6-4 Locomotives in the USA
As Baldwin turned out dozens of the Erie's new 2-8-4 design, which allowed a bigger firebox than the earlier 2-8-2s, it drafted a design for a locomotive---16-46/46 2/4 DD --that would take that …
Bessemer & Lake Erie 4-6-2 "Pacific" Locomotives in the USA
Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media; Class P1A; Locobase ID: 9034 : Railroad: Bessemer & Lake Erie: Country: USA: Whyte: 4-6-2: Number in Class
Big Four / Boston & Albany / Lake Shore & Michigan Southern / …
Locobase 5295 describes the original K-series that introduced the 4-6-2 arrangement to the New York Central in 1903. Only the 1946 book (that is, not the 1917, 1926, and 1930 editions) …
4-6-2 "Pacific" Locomotives in the USA
There were two classes of 4-6-2 locomotives designed and built under Government auspices; one, the generally called "light", more correctly 4-6-2A, with 55,000 lbs weight per driving axle, …
Erie 4-4-2 "Atlantic" Locomotives in the USA
Only three four-cylinder balanced compound Atlantics--these two Baldwins and a similar Alco-- were built (Locobase 839), probably because interest was turning to a 4-6-2 arrangement for …
Wheeling & Lake Erie 4-4-2 "Atlantic" Locomotives in the USA
Compared to other US 4-4-2s, these had relatively generous firebox areas, smaller than average grates, and about average evaporative heating surface area. The driving and engine …
United States Railroad Administration 4-6-2 "Pacific" Locomotives …
In the literature describing particular railroads' acquisitions, this design often appears either as the direct-from-USRA variant or a later class based on the USRA Light. And very often, the USRA …
Erie 2-8-4 "Berkshire" Locomotives in the USA
The Class S-1 locomotives weighed 443,000 pounds, the Class S-2 weighed 457,500 pounds, the Class S-3 weighed 461,000 pounds and the Class S-4 weighed 468,800 pounds. This fleet of …
2-6-6-4 Locomotives in the USA
Railroads that used 2-6-6-4 Locomotives in the USA (data provided by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media)