2025年2月27日 · The new 4-8-2 debuted on the Chesapeake & Ohio to replace its 4-6-2 Pacifics, which simply could no longer effectively handle the increased weight of passenger trains, …

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 …

The Delaware Lackawanna & Western Railroad took delivery of five 4-8-2s (road numbers 1401 through 1405) from the American Locomotive Company in 1924. These "Mountains" had 69" …

The Atlantic Coast Line R-1 was a class of 12 4-8-4 Northern type steam locomotives built by Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW) in 1938 and operated by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad …

ACL 4: Familiar Activity Global cognition is moderately impaired. Person is aware of tangible cues (see and touch) and understands visible cause-and-effect relationships. Goal-directed actions …

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These new 4-8-4s began to handle trains with as many as 21 heavyweight cars, eliminating the need for double-heading and running extra sections of many of the Richmond, VA to …

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This page provides an overview of some of my favorite steam locomotives used in the United States, the Class R-1 4-8-4's of the Atlantic Coast Line (ACL) Railroad. The ACL R-1's were …

The R-1's were the only "modern" steam locomotives owned by the ACL, and featured cast bed frames with cylinders and many accessories cast integrally, cast pilots with drop-type couplers, …