Locomotive transport begins with departure of coal tender

The relocation of the former Chesapeake & Ohio Railway steam engine displayed near 14th Street West has begun as the coal tender attached to the locomotive displayed in Huntington since 1962 was ...
Quad-City Times

Union Pacific Big Boy rules the rails once again

Dubbed a 4-8-8-4 steam locomotive because of its wheel arrangement, the locomotive is on a tour to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the transcontinental railroad. Weighing in at nearly 550 tons, the ...
The Durango Herald

One of world’s largest steam engines converted from coal to oil

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – It’s longer than two city buses, weighs more than a Boeing 747 fully loaded with passengers and can pull 16 Statues of Liberty over a mountain. The Big Boy No. 4014 steam locomotive ...
JSTOR Daily

Chinese Government Railways Steam Locomotive 4-8-4 KF Class No 7

Steam locomotive KF class number 7, 4-8-4, Chinese Government Railways, designed by Colonel Kenneth Cantlie, built by Vulcan Foundry in 1935 (as number 607), withdrawn in 1981. Steam locomotive KF ...
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Locomotive transport begins in Huntington with departure of coal tender

The Chesapeake & Ohio Railway 2-6-6-2 steam locomotive #1308 displayed at Safety Town in Huntington, West Virginia, was ...