So what was the most powerful steam locomotive?
> Most Powerful > > PRR Q-2 4-4-6-4 7,[email protected] (IHP) Definetely the winner. I had always thought that the C&O 2-6-6-6 was the most powerful. I have to add that I am still disgusted that the Pennsylvania scrapped almost every locomotive that they built. There are no duplex locomotive that did not get scrapped.
What and Where Is the Most Powerful Steam Locomotive in
While some builders had produced twelve-coupled (six driving axles) designs, no one had ever built a fourteen-coupled engine. The AA20-1 holds two records: the largest number of coupled axles on a locomotive, and being the longest rigid frame locomotive in Europe.
? Worlds Most Powerful Diesel Locomotive - Trainorders.com
However, the SD90MAC and AC6000CW are only equipped with a single diesel engine. In 1969, EMD built the dual-engine DDA40X "Centennial" locomotives for the Union Pacific. These locomotives were the largest and heaviest locomotives ever built, with 6600 horsepower.
Steam & Excursion > Steam Locomotive with a Tender Behind
> that the Allegheny was the most powerful steam > loco ever built? Something like 11K drawbar > horsepower at around 45 mph. They had to > decrease the diameter of the cylinders from > original spec as it would have topped 14K drawbar > horsepower and pulled every coupler ever made > right out the car.
Steam & Excursion > Air horns on NYC Niagaras - Trainorders.com
It was the lightest, most fuel efficient (maybe most powerful 4-8-4) steam locomotive ever built in any measure, and easily rivaled diesel locomotives in running cost efficiency. After 5 years of operation, it was scrapped due to the fact it proved wrong, all reasons to switch to diesel power except for the labor cost reduction.
Steam & Excursion > A U.P. 4-10-4 - Trainorders.com
The Pennsylvania Railroad's class Q2 comprised one prototype and twenty-five production duplex steam locomotives of 4-4-6-4 wheel arrangement.[1][2][3] They were the largest non-articulated locomotives ever built and the most powerful locomotives ever static tested, producing 7,987 cylinder horsepower (5,956 kW) on the PRR's static test plant.
Nostalgia & History > C&O "Allegheny" 2-6-6-6 - Trainorders.com
Here are some photos from a 1942 Lima advertisement featuring C&O 2-6-6-6 locomotives. Awsome machine that some argue was the most powerful steam locomotive built. JMW h
Steam & Excursion > Only Operable PRR Steam Locomotive
I believe that PRR 0-6-0 No. 643 is the only currently operable Pennsylvania Railroad steam locomotive. It was built by the PRR in 1901 and is owned by the Williams Grove Steam Locomotive Group located in Williams Grove, PA. Today was a run day so I drove to Williams Grove located about 15 miles southwest of Harrisburg, PA.
The Last Wood Burning Steam Locomotive Built For U.S.
The PLA restored her several years to operation. While she is an Oil burner today on the PLA line, she still holds the unique distinction of being the very LAST wood-burning steam locomotive built for service in the U.S.! Martin Edited 5 time(s). Last edit at 03/04/14 16:02 by LoggerHogger.
Fastest Production U.S. Steam Locomotive Built - Trainorders.com
The 1938 tests were done to learn what needed to be done to enable a steam locomotive to pull a 1,000-ton passenger train on a level grade at 100 mph. The test train was 16 cars long: 14 Pennsy coaches, a baggage car, and the 100-ton dynamometer car. Four different steam locomotives were used during the 1938 tests.