The solution was a tried-and-true method from past steam locomotive designs ... the new and advanced "Super Power" of the larger 2-8-4s and 4-8-4s. Many Mikados were eventually demoted to the ...
As a 2-8-4 with the four driving axles in its centre sporting connecting rods, it resembled a steam locomotive from the chassis downwards but with a very diesel-age cab and superstructure.
There’s nothing more guaranteed to excite a grizzled old railway enthusiast than the sight of a steam locomotive. The original main-line rail propulsion technology still clings on in a few ...
The Steam Railroading Institute’s Pere Marquette 2-8-4 No. 1225 has been sidelined for the remainder of the organization’s ...
We all have “near misses” in our lives, and one of the biggest for me was the steam program of the Chicago, Burlington & ...
The Great Central Railway will have three very-special guest steam locomotives running during its much-anticipated Winter ...