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72 relations: Altoona Works, American Locomotive Company, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, Axle load, Baldwin Locomotive Works, Belpaire firebox, Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad, Bissel truck, Booster engine, Bukama, California State Railroad Museum, Canada, Canadian Pacific Railway, Canadian Railway Museum, Central Vermont Railway, Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, Chicago Great Western Railway, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, Connaught Tunnel, Connecting rod, Control car, Coupling rod, Driving wheel, Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway, Electrification, Erie Railroad, Firebox (steam engine), Great Depression, Hammer blow, Heritage Park Historical Village, John Cockerill (company), Kalmbach Publishing, Kamina, Kansas City Southern Railway, Keystone (steam automobile), Leading wheel, Lima Locomotive Works, Model Railroader, Montreal Locomotive Works, Museum of Transportation, National Railroad Museum, North British Locomotive Company, Pennsylvania Railroad, Pennsylvania Railroad class J1, Pilot (locomotive), Rogers Pass (British Columbia), Santa Fe 5000, Santa Fe 5017, Selkirk locomotive, Selkirk Mountains, ..., South African Class 21 2-10-4, South African type FT tender, South African type JV tender, Soviet locomotive class OR23, Soviet Union, Standard-gauge railway, Steam locomotive, Superpower steam, Tank locomotive, Tender (rail), Texas and Pacific 610, Texas and Pacific Railway, Texas State Railroad, Trailing wheel, Ulan-Ude, United States, War Production Board, Waukesha, Wisconsin, Whyte notation, World War II, 2-10-2, 2-8-4. Expand index (22 more) »
Altoona Works
Altoona Works (also known as Altoona Terminal) is a large railroad industrial complex in Altoona, Pennsylvania.
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American Locomotive Company
The American Locomotive Company, often shortened to ALCO, ALCo or Alco, designed, built and sold steam locomotives, diesel-electric locomotives, diesel engines and generators, specialized forgings, high quality steel, armed tanks and automobiles and produced nuclear energy.
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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, often referred to as the Santa Fe or AT&SF, was one of the larger railroads in the United States.
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Axle load
The axle load of a wheeled vehicle is the total weight felt by the roadway for all wheels connected to a given axle.
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Baldwin Locomotive Works
The Baldwin Locomotive Works was an American manufacturer of railroad locomotives from 1825 to 1956.
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Belpaire firebox
The Belpaire firebox is a type of firebox used on steam locomotives.
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Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad
The Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad is a class II railroad that operates in northwestern Pennsylvania and northeastern Ohio.
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Bissel truck
A Bissel truck (also: Bissell truck or Bissel bogie) is a single-axled bogie which pivots towards the centre of a steam locomotive to enable it to negotiate curves more easily.
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Booster engine
A booster engine for steam locomotives is a small two-cylinder steam engine back-gear-connected to the trailing truck axle on the locomotive or, if none, the lead truck on the tender.
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Bukama
Bukama is a town in Haut-Lomami Province of south-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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California State Railroad Museum
The California State Railroad Museum is a museum in the state park system of California, USA, interpreting the role of the "iron horse" in connecting California to the rest of the nation.
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Canada
Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.
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Canadian Pacific Railway
The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), also known formerly as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railroad incorporated in 1881.
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Canadian Railway Museum
The Canadian Railway Museum ((Le) Musée ferroviaire canadien), operating under the brand name Exporail in both official languages, is a rail transport museum in Saint-Constant, Quebec, Canada, on Montreal's south shore.
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Central Vermont Railway
The Central Vermont Railway was a railroad that operated in the U.S. states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont, as well as the Canadian province of Quebec.
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Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway was a Class I railroad formed in 1869 in Virginia from several smaller Virginia railroads begun in the 19th century.
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Chicago Great Western Railway
The Chicago Great Western Railway was a Class I railroad that linked Chicago, Minneapolis, Omaha, and Kansas City.
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Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad was a railroad that operated in the Midwestern United States.
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Connaught Tunnel
The Connaught Tunnel is a railway tunnel under the Selkirk Mountains in southeastern British Columbia, Canada, near the city of Revelstoke.
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Connecting rod
A connecting rod is a shaft which connects a piston to a crank or crankshaft in a reciprocating engine.
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Control car
A control car, control trailer or driving trailer is a generic term for a non-powered railroad (US) or railway (UIC) vehicle that can control operation of a train from the end opposite to the position of the locomotive.
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Coupling rod
A coupling rod or side rod connects the driving wheels of a locomotive.
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Driving wheel
On a steam locomotive, a driving wheel is a powered wheel which is driven by the locomotive's pistons (or turbine, in the case of a steam turbine locomotive).
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Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway
The Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway (DM&IR), informally known as the Missabe Road, is a railroad operating in northern Minnesota and Wisconsin that hauls iron ore and later taconite to the Great Lakes ports of Duluth and Two Harbors, Minnesota.
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Electrification
Electrification is the process of powering by electricity and, in many contexts, the introduction of such power by changing over from an earlier power source.
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Erie Railroad
The Erie Railroad was a railroad that operated in the northeastern United States, originally connecting New York City — more specifically Jersey City, New Jersey, where Erie's former terminal, long demolished, used to stand — with Lake Erie.
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Firebox (steam engine)
In a steam engine, the firebox is the area where the fuel is burned, producing heat to boil the water in the boiler.
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Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States.
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Hammer blow
Hammer blow, in rail terminology, refers to a vertical force which alternately adds to and subtracts from the locomotive's weight on a wheel.
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Heritage Park Historical Village
Heritage Park Historical Village is a historical park in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on of parkland on the banks of the Glenmore Reservoir, along the city's southwestern edge.
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John Cockerill (company)
The John Cockerill Company was a Belgian iron, steel, and manufacturing company based in Seraing in the region of Liège.
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Kalmbach Publishing
Kalmbach Publishing Co. is an American publisher of books and magazines, many of them railroad-related, located in Waukesha, Wisconsin.
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Kamina
Kamina is the capital city of Haut-Lomami Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Kansas City Southern Railway
The Kansas City Southern Railway Company, owned by Kansas City Southern, is the smallest and third-oldest Class I railroad in North America (just behind Union Pacific Railroad and Canadian Pacific Railway) still in operation.
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Keystone (steam automobile)
The Keystone Steamer was an American automobile manufactured from 1899 until 1900 in Lebanon, Pennsylvania.
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Leading wheel
The leading wheel or leading axle or pilot wheel of a steam locomotive is an unpowered wheel or axle located in front of the driving wheels.
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Lima Locomotive Works
Lima Locomotive Works was an American firm that manufactured railroad locomotives from the 1870s through the 1950s.
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Model Railroader
Model Railroader (MR) is an American magazine about the hobby of model railroading.
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Montreal Locomotive Works
Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW) was a Canadian railway locomotive manufacturer which existed under several names from 1883 to 1985, producing both steam and diesel locomotives.
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Museum of Transportation
The National Museum of Transportation (NMOT) is a private, 42-acre transportation museum in Kirkwood, Missouri, outside St.
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National Railroad Museum
The National Railroad Museum is a railroad museum located in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin, in suburban Green Bay.
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North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company (NBL, NB Loco or North British) was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp, Stewart and Company (Atlas Works), Neilson, Reid and Company (Hyde Park Works) and Dübs and Company (Queens Park Works), creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe and the British Empire.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
The Pennsylvania Railroad (or Pennsylvania Railroad Company and also known as the "Pennsy") was an American Class I railroad that was established in 1846 and was headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Pennsylvania Railroad class J1
The PRR J1 was a class of 2-10-4 or "Texas" type steam locomotives with driving wheels built between 1943 and 1944.
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Pilot (locomotive)
In railroading, the pilot (also known as a cowcatcher or cattle catcher) is the device mounted at the front of a locomotive to deflect obstacles on the track that might otherwise derail the train.
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Rogers Pass (British Columbia)
Rogers Pass (elevation) is a high mountain pass through the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia used by the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Trans-Canada Highway.
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Santa Fe 5000
Santa Fe 5000 is a 2-10-4 steam locomotive constructed by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1930 for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.
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Santa Fe 5017
Santa Fe 5017 is a 2-10-4 or "Texas" type steam locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1944 for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.
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Selkirk locomotive
The Selkirk locomotives were 36 steam locomotives of the 2-10-4 wheel arrangement built for Canadian Pacific Railway by Montreal Locomotive Works, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Selkirk Mountains
The Selkirk Mountains are a mountain range spanning the northern portion of the Idaho Panhandle, eastern Washington, and southeastern British Columbia.
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South African Class 21 2-10-4
The South African Railways Class 21 2-10-4 of 1937 was a steam locomotive.
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South African type FT tender
The South African type FT tender was a steam locomotive tender.
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South African type JV tender
The South African type JV tender was a steam locomotive tender.
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Soviet locomotive class OR23
Built in 1949, the opposed-piston 2-10-4 was one of a number of Soviet locomotive designs that was unsuccessful.
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Soviet Union
The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.
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Standard-gauge railway
A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of.
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Steam locomotive
A steam locomotive is a type of railway locomotive that produces its pulling power through a steam engine.
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Superpower steam
"Superpower steam" was a term coined by Lima Locomotive Works in the mid-1920s.
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Tank locomotive
A tank locomotive or tank engine is a steam locomotive that carries its water in one or more on-board water tanks, instead of a more traditional tender.
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Tender (rail)
A tender or coal-car is a special rail vehicle hauled by a steam locomotive containing its fuel (wood, coal, or oil) and water.
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Texas and Pacific 610
Texas and Pacific 610 is a 2-10-4 steam locomotive that was originally operated by the Texas and Pacific Railway (T&P).
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Texas and Pacific Railway
The Texas and Pacific Railway Company (known as the T&P) was created by federal charter in 1871 with the purpose of building a southern transcontinental railroad between Marshall, Texas, and San Diego, California.
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Texas State Railroad
The Texas State Railroad is a historic railroad between Rusk and Palestine, Texas.
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Trailing wheel
On a steam locomotive, a trailing wheel or trailing axle is generally an unpowered wheel or axle (wheelset) located behind the driving wheels.
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Ulan-Ude
Ulan-Ude (p; Улаан Үдэ, Ulaan Üde) is the capital city of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia; it is located about southeast of Lake Baikal on the Uda River at its confluence with the Selenga.
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United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
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War Production Board
The War Production Board (WPB) was an agency of the United States government that supervised war production during World War II.
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Waukesha, Wisconsin
Waukesha is a city in and the county seat of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States.
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Whyte notation
The Whyte notation for classifying steam locomotives by wheel arrangement was devised by Frederick Methvan Whyte, and came into use in the early twentieth century following a December 1900 editorial in American Engineer and Railroad Journal.
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World War II
World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.
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2-10-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels, ten powered and coupled driving wheels, and two trailing wheels.
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2-8-4
Under the Whyte notation, a 2-8-4 is a steam locomotive that has one unpowered leading axle, usually in a leading truck, followed by four powered and coupled driving axles, and two unpowered trailing axles, usually mounted in a bogie.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2-10-4
