The large steam locomotives of the American railroads, from the 4-4-0 of the Civil War to the 4-6-4, 4-8-4 and articulated 4-8-8-4 engines that hauled express and freight trains across the continent. An entry belongs here when the cited article gives a class of steam locomotive built for an American railroad, with its wheel arrangement. It excludes early locomotives of the 1830s and European steam locomotives. Entries are placed by what their own cited article says, so each one sits in the narrowest group its source supports, and the group page lists it beside the other members.
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Wikipedia: Union Pacific Big Boy
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The Union Pacific Big Boy is a type of simple articulated 4-8-8-4 steam locomotive manufactured by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) in Schenectady, New York, between 1941 and 1944 and operated by the Union Pacific Railroad in revenue service until July 1959.
Wikipedia: New York Central Hudson
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The New York Central Hudson was a popular 4-6-4 "Hudson" type steam locomotive built for the New York Central Railroad (NYC).
The General (locomotive), Wikipedia
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Western & Atlantic Railroad #3 General is a 4-4-0 "American" type steam locomotive built in December 1855 by the Rogers, Ketchum & Grosvenor in Paterson, New Jersey for the Western & Atlantic Railroad, best known as the engine stolen by Union spies in the Great Locomotive Chase, an attempt to cripple the Confederate rail network
Norfolk and Western Class J (1941), Wikipedia
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The Norfolk and Western J class was a class of 14 4-8-4 "Northern" streamlined steam locomotives built by the Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W) at its Roanoke Shops in Roanoke, Virginia, between 1941 and 1950.
Southern Pacific 4449 (Wikipedia)
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Southern Pacific 4449, also known as the Daylight, is a GS-4 class 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotive, built in May 1941 by the Lima Locomotive Works for the Southern Pacific Railroad.
Pennsylvania Railroad class K4 (Wikipedia)
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The Pennsylvania Railroad K4s was a class of 425 4-6-2 steam locomotives built between 1914 and 1928 for the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR), where they served as the primary mainline passenger steam locomotives on the entire PRR system until late 1957.
Wikipedia: Baldwin 60000
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Baldwin 60000 is a one-off experimental steam locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Eddystone, Pennsylvania, in 1926, during the height of the railroading industry.
Pennsylvania Railroad class T1 (Wikipedia)
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The Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) class T1 duplex-drive 4-4-4-4 steam locomotives, introduced in 1942 with two prototypes and later in 1945-1946 with 50 production examples, were the last steam locomotives built for the PRR and arguably its most controversial.
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