Locomotives (1850-1942)

Baldwin's Six-Wheels | Until 1879

4-4-0 The General | From 1856 until 1903

2-8-0 Baldwin Class 56 | From 1877 until 1918

2-8-2 Mikado | From 1898 until 1925

Milwaukee Road class EP-2 | From 1914 until 1946

4-12-2 Class 9000 | From 1920 until 1947

M-300 | From 1924 until 1948

4-4-2 Hiawatha | From 1930 until 1957

Pioneer Zephyr | From 1934 until 1959

Class PRR GG1 | From 1936 until 1966

4-8-8-4 Big Boy | From 1942 until 1971

The flexible-beam truck or six-wheels-connected engine was invented by Matthias Baldwin in 1842. His aim was to use all the locomotive's weight for traction.$208.000$124.800/year30 years40 km/h70 kW25 kN20 t8 mThis "American" type locomotive was very successful on many railroads in the USA and is well known from the Buster Keaton film "The General".$270.000$162.000/year30 years45 km/h130 kW40 kN40 tThe "Consolidation" was a standard freight locomotive and could move trains twice as heavy at half the cost of its predecessors.$420.000$252.000/year30 years60 km/h284 kW70 kN50 t"Mikados" were the most common freight locomotives until the end of steam. More than 9'500 were used in the USA.$745.000$447.000/year35 years80 km/h1.173 kW228 kN219 tThe locomotives, commonly known as Bi-Polars, were one of the most interesting and complex designs ever developed and made up of no less than three articulated sections.$1.262.000$757.200/year40 years113 km/h3.311 kW516 kN240 tThese locomotives were fairly successful, but maintenance nightmares, because of their inside third cylinder driving the cranked second driving axle between the frames.$1.107.000$664.200/year35 years97 km/h3.542 kW429.9 kN354 tThese gas-powered, self-propelled passenger railcars were nicknamed "Skunks" because people said "You can smell 'em before you can see 'em.".$393.000$157.200/year35 years100 km/h200 kW30 kN24 t24 m18These high-speed, streamlined "Atlantic" type locomotives were built by ALCO to haul the Milwaukee Road's Hiawatha express passenger trains.$1.562.000$937.200/year35 years160 km/h2.940 kW136.5 kN243 tThe Zephyr is formed of cars permanently articulated together with Jacobs bogies and built by the Budd Company. The train featured extensive use of stainless steel.$1.541.000$560.300/year35 years177 km/h448 kW80 kN105 t85 m52Sporting a beautiful streamlined design the GG1 not only looked good but it also performed exemplary reaching speeds of over 100 mph and remained in service for many years.$1.678.000$1.006.800/year45 years161 km/h3.450 kW291 kN215 t23 mThis articulated locomotive, built by ALCO, was a real monster and carried the latest in steam technology. They were used primarily to haul freight over the Wasatch mountains between Green River and Ogden.$1.509.000$905.400/year40 years129 km/h4.560 kW602.2 kN567 t