In one test, pulling 611 tons of train at 56 mph, this locomotive developed 4,200 hp. Intended to be a class leader, it was orphaned by the French decision to electrify. A 2-10-4 would have …

The lone prototype, numbered 242A1, of the Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF) was one of the five known classes of three-cylinder 4-8-4 locomotives. It also had the …

The lone prototype, numbered 242A1, of the Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF) was one of the five known classes of three-cylinder 4-8-4 locomotives. It also had the …

2011年11月2日 · These long-boilered engines with their loaf-of-bread domes worked fast suburban service from the Gare de Lyon in Paris and were credited with speeds of up to 95 …

The wheel arrangement chosen was 4-6-4 since it was possible to use a boiler of the same size as a 4-8-2 and at the same time take over large chassis parts from a 4-6-2 and replace the …

2021年12月8日 · The main rationale for its existence – other than allowing NYC and Kiefer to join the elite “4-8-4 club” – seems to have been a desire for an 8-coupled locomotive without …

Type Locomotives Built by Baldwin for the Northern Pacific in 1934. This locomotive has covered 17,874 miles in a 30·day period.

Railroads that used 4-8-4 Locomotives in France (data provided by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media)

2024年7月16日 · The 4-8-4 was an American steam locomotive wheel arrangement succeeding both the 4-8-2 ("Mountain") and 4-6-4 ("Baltic" / "Hudson") types. Both arrangements served …

2018年6月23日 · Media in category "4-8-4 locomotives" The following 35 files are in this category, out of 35 total.