In the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, a 2-8-8-0 is a locomotive with a two-wheel leading truck, two sets of eight driving wheels, and no trailing …

The history of the 2-8-8-0 began in 1911 at the Sante Fe's Topeka, Kansas shops as one of the railroad's first such locomotives put into service. The AT&SF thought that by basically …

Delivered as N-1 compounds by Baldwin in 1912 (Locobase 307), these engines were simpled in the mid-1920s (N-2; Locobase 2802). Note that they still had the characteristic Belpaire firebox.

In the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, a 2-8-8-0 is a locomotive with a two-wheel leading truck, two sets of eight driving wheels, and no trailing …

They seemed to enjoy the creation of new locomotives by rebuilding smaller engines into bigger ones. They took two 2-8-0s (Consolidations) and rebuilt them into a 2-8-8-0 configuration. As a …

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-8-0 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, usually in a leading truck, eight powered and …

In the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, a 2-8-8-0 is a locomotive with a two-wheel leading truck, two sets of eight driving wheels, and no trailing …

The Pennsylvania rated the engine's tractive effort at 135,600 lb (61,507 kg/603.2 kN). The HC-1's boiler had 19-ft-long tubes and a combustion chamber measuring 12' 5 1/2" (3.797 m).

2025年2月27日 · Circa 1865, the Lehigh & Mahanoy Railroad took a bold step by modifying a standard 0-8-0 switcher, adding a front axle to transform it into the prototype of what would …

2006年7月1日 · Compared to a 4-4-0, the 2-8-0 could pull trains that were twice as heavy at less cost. The widespread use of air brakes in the 1880s prompted railroads to run heavier trains, …