Tractive Effort: 20,800 Successive companies used the locomotive in Florida logging service hauling cypress and pine. Only 2-6-2 wheel arrangement in collection. Cylinders: 9 x 14 Was to be put on display. Outshopped as Poland Spring Railroad No.2. 2317.

The CGR had a very brief existence. The PRR S1 featured a rigid frame and was the only duplex locomotive built with a 6-4-4-6 wheel arrangement. Built for New York, Chicago & St. Louis, NKP class S-2. Sold by a private owner to Nelson Blount, 1966. The experimental PRR S1 was completely unique in its construction and was aptly nicknamed “The Big Engine”. Lehigh Valley. Only Baltic tank locomotive in the United States. It retired from regular rail service back in 1959, but Norfolk & Western kept its steam locomotives highly active until the 1960’s. Outshopped to Carpenter O'Brien Lumber Co.; sold to Brooks-Scanlon Corp in 1917. Designed for one-man operation, burns oil. Last operated in 2010. Today only eight Big Boys remain, mostly on display–except for the impressive restoration that you can see in the photo. Bunker behind cab held one ton of coal. named "Consolidation" in honor of the recent consolidation of the Beaver Boiler Pressure: 210 Steam, the earliest form of propulsion, was in almost universal use until about the time of World War II; since then it has been superseded by the more efficient diesel and electric traction. Big Boys are famous as among the most powerful steam locomotives ever built. Purchased for the New Jersey tourist railroad, the Black River and Western in 1960.

From Ohio Central Railroad Shops; then Owosso, MI; displayed as B&O 476, drive rods removed, from Dixie Stampede Restaurant and Show, Only locomotive built new for Thunder Lake, from Black Hills Central, then Stuhr Museum, Grand Island, NE, later Fort Lupton, CO, later Kettle Moraine Railway, Sold to private owner in 1968; operated on Hocking Valley Scenic Railway; traded to Jerry Jacobson for diesel in 2003; restored to operation, Purchased by BC&G in 1954; in service until 1964; sold to several tourist RR operations; purchased by Jerry Jacobson in 1993; used on summer tourist trains; now needs repairs; awaiting restoration, Used at Ft. Eustis Military RR; donated to Cass Scenic RR in 1972; sold to private owner in 2010; stored at museum in Duluth, GA; purchased by Jerry Jacobson in 2015; awaiting restoration.

The Erie Railroad originally connected New York City with Lake Erie, and its construction was stalled several times as a result of financial troubles and slow, expensive labor. Relatively small fireboxes and driver no larger than 63 inches limited 2888. 4-6-2, Builder: Lima Locomotive Works, December 1934. From Edaville. Boiler Pressure: 180, Tractive Effort: 21,400. 4-8-2, Builder: Baldwin Locomotive Works, June 1925. Meet the Union Pacific Big Boy, a steam locomotive built to handle extremely heavy freight through the treacherous grades of the Wasatch Mountains. Owners: Canadian Government Railways, No. One of two remaining steam locomotives from the Maine Central. Donated to Steamtown Foundation in 1974. Under restoration. 43 in the Blakeslee owned Quarry Company. 759 The locomotive was named "Consolidation" in honor of the recent consolidation of the Beaver Meadow, Penn Haven & White Haven and Lehigh & Mahanoy railroads into the Lehigh Valley. Cylinders: 27 x 32, Drive Wheels: 70, Weight on Drivers: 278,200,Boiler Pressure: 240, Tractive Effort: 68,000. One of the smallest standard gauge locomotives built. Acquired by Nelson Blount in 1959. Weighs 1,200,000 pounds. One of two surviving DL&W engines. Sold to Nelson Blount, 1962. Today, however, we’ll be ranking the 10 largest steam locomotives ever built according to their weights in order to see how they compare. Cylinders: 20 x 26, Drive Wheels: 56, Weight on Drivers: 129,000, Boiler Pressure: 180, Tractive Effort: 28,400 Builder's no. Named "The Constitution" during a New England-wide name contest sponsored by the B&M. Meadow, Penn Haven & White Haven and Lehigh & Mahanoy railroads into the 570-340-5200 From Fort Borst Park, W of I5, Centralia. One of a large fleet of fast freight Berkshires built by Lima. The Yellowstone was the largest steam locomotive ever built. One of fourteen remaining 4-8-2s in the U.S. 2-8-0, Builder: American Locomotive Co., (Cooke), November 1903. Builder's no. Shay patent geared locomotive typical of engines used on industrial railroads and a few common carriers. The name “Yellowstone” was coined by the Northern Pacific Railway, the first owner of one of these powerful locomotives, in reference to their railway lines that ran past Yellowstone National Park. Builder's no. This articulated locomotive was one of two 2-6-6-6 locomotives that claimed the joint title of most powerful reciprocating steam locomotives to ever have been built. The other is DL & W 565, also at Steamtown NHS.

Cylinders: 21 x26 Tractive Effort: 32,487 15 in 1937. The PRR S2 was able to successfully reach 97% mechanical efficiency, meaning that only 3% of the steam power was lost during propulsion. 6816. The PRR Q2 weighed over a million pounds and boasted no major performance or design flaws.

Vulcan iron Works was in Wilkes-Barre, PA. 2-8-0, Builder: Baldwin Locomotive Works, June 1916. Built for Norwood & St. Lawrence Railroad, a subsidiary of the St. Regis Paper Co. Used for switching service in the paper and chemical industries. Purchased by Nelson Blount in 1963.

67536. 4-6-0, Builder: American Locomotive co. (Brooks), December 1905. There are plenty of different factors that can be taken into account while determining a locomotive’s overall “size,” including everything from length to traction effort and horsepower. Cornish inventor and engineer Richard Trevithick's steam locomotive successfully hauled 25 tons of cargo and 36 passengers at Pen-y-Darren, Wales in 1804. Cylinders: 18 x 22, Drive Wheels: 50 , Weight on Drivers: 106,500, Boiler Pressure: 178, Tractive Effort: 23,800 41649. Leased to the High Iron Company from 1968 to 1972 for special fan trips and excursions. This steam locomotive was built with a 2-8-8-8-2 wheel arrangement. 3254 Purchased by Nelson Blount in 1965. Baldwin 2044. Builder's no. Possibly built for another company but never delivered, Alco sold the engine in 1923 to Lowville and Beaver River Railroad, an Adirondack shortline in New York that hauled passengers and freight. About 150 Consolidations exist nationwide. Although the Norfolk & Western Y-Class isn’t the largest steam locomotive, it was the strongest in the world while it was up and running.

Sold to Nelson Blount 1960.

Has Walschaert valve gear. 58463, Cylinders: 26 x 30, Drive Wheels: 73, Weight on Drivers: 231,370, Boiler Pressure: 210, Tractive Effort: 49,590. 28686. Weight on Drivers: 209,800 Purchased as part of a series of locomotives replacing older, worn engines. Nickel Plate Road, No. This means that the locomotive had two sets of 2 wheels at the front and back, known as leading wheels and trailing wheels, along with three sets of 8 driving wheels in between. It is manually fired, has a second sand dome and an all weather cab. Only surviving locomotive from the Chicago Union Transfer Railway and one of nine surviving from the Illinois Central. The added weight resulted in the need for six-wheel leading and trailing trucks to provide extra pushing power. This new railway, the Canadian National, is still in operation today. The company selected the year of purchase as the engine number. The Triplex certainly carried its share of design flaws, and was not reproduced as a result. With a 14-wheel build and the capacity to carry 25,000 gallons of water, the Union Pacific Challenger easily topped a million pounds in weight. 7625 These locomotives were often extremely durable, with some of them even running to this day. 2-truck Shay, Builder: Lima Locomotive Works, May 1910. General park info (recorded) with options to select specific departments, offices or employee extensions. Builder's no.