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Diesel - HO is the most popular of the 14 model train locomotives categories, then Diesel - N , and Steam - HO . (hobbylinc.com)
Broadway Limited Imports is ranked #1 out of 24 model train locomotives manufacturers, followed by Bachmann , and Kato USA Inc . (hobbylinc.com)

CBH opened three competitive Request for Proposal (RFP) processes in the second half of 2022 for the purchase of standard-gauge locomotives, narrow-gauge locomotives, and wagons, to expand and strengthen its current rail fleet, which consists of 25 locomotives and 572 wagons. (businesswire.com)
We are pleased to partner with Wabtec to acquire new narrow-gauge locomotives, a global leader in the design, manufacture and supply of quality locomotives," Mr Macnamara said. (businesswire.com)
The new narrow-gauge locomotives were difficult to procure. (cbc.ca)
We were lucky enough to coordinate with some narrow-gauge locomotives being built for Australia, so we tacked on to their order,' said Taylor. (cbc.ca)
The narrow-gauge locomotives had several advantages in that they allowed for smaller designs (particularly important where width was to be considered), the fire box wouldn't be compromised because water was situated above it (this was a particular issue for horizontal boilers when traversing gradients), and they were easily maintained because they were mounted in a frame. (theengineer.co.uk)
Ransomes and Rapier was established for the manufacture of general railway plant, such as chairs, rails and points, but a few years later the firm commenced building various kinds of narrow-gauge locomotives, among which was a series of vertical boiler inspection locomotives. (theengineer.co.uk)

Prior to locomotives, the motive force for railways had been generated by various lower-technology methods such as human power, horse power, gravity or stationary engines that drove cable systems. (wikipedia.org)
This success led to the company emerging as the pre-eminent early builder of steam locomotives used on railways in the UK, US and much of Europe. (wikipedia.org)
Until the turn of the 20th century the CL&EC finally operated somewhat profitability as it supplied the Canadian Pacific and Grand Trunk Railways with many new locomotives. (american-rails.com)
The engine is also a link with the end of an era on British Railways as it was one of the last steam locomotives to be withdrawn in 1968. (scotsman.com)
SWITZERLAND: The first of 21 Stadler Ee 922 electric shunting locomotives ordered by Swiss Federal Railways was formally handed over on July 3. (railwaygazette.com)
The new locomotive, which will be like a steam locomotive, will allow railways to operate heritage specials faster that cover longer distances. (railway-technology.com)
A reproduction of the Class 2200 locomotive that used to be seen all over the Nederlandse Spoorwegen (Dutch national railways) network. (aerosoft.com)

The American Locomotive Company was known for some of the "finest" steam locomotives ever built. (steamlocomotive.com)
Among the largest and most powerful steam locomotives ever built, it weighed 1.2 million pounds with its tender and could generate 7,500 horsepower. (thehenryford.org)

Ironically, not one of these superb steam locomotive builders was able to make a commercial success in the diesel dominated railroad market, and each has ceased manufacturing locomotives. (steamlocomotive.com)
German Federal Railroad (DB) steam locomotive, road number 78 1002, 4-6-4T design with a type 2T17 two-axle short tender. (maerklin.de)
Steam Locomotive, Road Number 78 1002 At the start of the Fifties, acceleration of suburban and urban mass transit enjoyed a high priority on the new German Federal Railroad, yet the roster of tank locomotives usable for this purpose was clearly limited. (maerklin.de)
The predecessor operations of what became the Canadian Locomotive Company date back much further than one might think to the earliest years of the North American railroad industry. (american-rails.com)
Royal Bavarian State Railroad (K.Bay.Sts.B.) class S 2/6 (Bavarian designation) express steam locomotive in the brownish violet basic paint scheme, with golden boiler rings, for use in the Left Rhine (Palatinate) network. (maerklin.de)
A Big Boy is running on Union Pacific's main lines , the last Baldwin steam locomotive built is flexing its articulated muscles on a mountain railroad , and at least six 4-8-4s are in steam from coast to coast with three more under restoration. (trains.com)
A series of cars and wagons coupled together and powered by a locomotive on a railroad track. (bvsalud.org)

The global Locomotive leasing market size was valued at US$ 10.07 billion in 2023 and is expected to reach US$ 17.25 billion by 2030, grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8% from 2023 to 2030. (openpr.com)

Traditionally, locomotives pulled trains from the front. (wikipedia.org)
Museum train traffic was started in 1971 on the track of Jokioinen railway in 1971 by trains hauled by Hyvinkää-Karkkila railway steam locomotive number 5. (jokioistenmuseorautatie.fi)
According to a Trains magazine survey, about 153 steam locomotives operate in the U.S. in a public venue at least one day each year. (trains.com)
The figure is a decrease from the first such survey made in 2008, when Trains placed the census at 190 steam locomotives. (trains.com)

In December 2022, CBH announced an order for seven standard-gauge locomotives, scheduled to be in Australia and operational by November 2024. (businesswire.com)
The Railway ministry has set the target to complete the electrification of all its tracks and phase out diesel locomotives by 2022. (deccanherald.com)
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal addressing a conference here asked the officials to speed up the electrification work and set the target of 2022 to switch to electric locomotives completely by phasing out their diesel counterparts with a focus on increasing speed. (deccanherald.com)
2022 steam locomotive list personified: Southern Pacific 4-6-0 No. 18 crosses the Animas River at Silverton on Sept. 3. (trains.com)
As 2021 may be the best so far in the 21st century to be a steam locomotive enthusiast, 2022 is looking good too! (trains.com)

On the contrary, locomotives with tenders were in abundant supply and it seemed obvious to investigate the large roster of class 38.10-40 (Prussian P 8) locomotives for this kind of use. (maerklin.de)
Until 1939, the locomotives ran with the riveted tenders of the 2'2' T 32 design. (fleischmann.de)
After that, the new deliveries received the welded 2'2' T 34 tenders, and the locomotives already in service were gradually converted as well. (fleischmann.de)

builder's plate: 7821 / LIMA / LOCOMOTIVE WORKS / INCORPORATED / DECEMBER / 1941 marked in yellow in front: 1601 C AND O FOR PROGRESS marked in yellow each side of tender: CHESAPEAKE & OHIO marked in yellow in the rear: 25000 GALS / 25 TONS / 1601. (thehenryford.org)
The locomotive and tender are constructed mostly of metal. (maerklin.de)
A hefty drawbar connected the newly developed two-axle short tender to the locomotive. (maerklin.de)
Having lost its tender whilst at Barry, a new one has been built - starting from the remains of a snowplough which in turn had been created using a Schools class locomotive tender as its base. (bluebell-railway.co.uk)
This is the HO Scale Southern Pacific USRA 0-6-0 Steam Locomotive with Vanderbilt Tender (#1274) from Bachmann. (hobbylinc.com)

the American Locomotive Company, the Baldwin Locomotive Works and the Lima Locomotive Works. (steamlocomotive.com)

The first full-scale working railway steam locomotive was built by Richard Trevithick in 1802. (wikipedia.org)

A locomotive or engine is a rail transport vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. (wikipedia.org)
British Rail figures showed that the cost of crewing and fuelling a steam locomotive was about two and a half times larger than the cost of supporting an equivalent diesel locomotive, and the daily mileage they could run was lower. (wikipedia.org)
Wells Fargo Rail is a one-stop shop for all your locomotive and railcar needs. (wellsfargo.com)
Wabtec, a leading global provider of equipment, systems and digital solutions for the freight and transit rail sectors, will build 17 CM20ACi dual-cab, diesel-electric locomotives for CBH. (businesswire.com)
These locomotives will enable CBH to increase grain shipments and drive CO2 emission reductions by moving more grain via rail," Ms McMillan said. (businesswire.com)
Keep your eyes on the rails - Union Pacific employees and rail fans are encouraged to tag @UnionPacific on social media if you see one of these freshly painted locomotives in service. (up.com)
For rail-addicts, I compiled most of the immatriculations of the locomotives forgotten in this old depot. (forbidden-places.net)
The locomotive survived one of the first fatal rail crashes after the outbreak of the Second World War when it collided with another train at Bletchley in Buckinghamshire in October 1939. (scotsman.com)

Our last major locomotive order was back in 1969, and we're still relying on those locomotives and they're definitely beyond their life-cycle,' said Taylor. (cbc.ca)
In 1969 the locomotive was donated to Veturien Ystävät ry (Friends of Locomotives Association). (jokioistenmuseorautatie.fi)
The locomotive which was in relatively bad shape was transported to Forssa, and renovated to working order by a group of railway enthusiasts in 1969-1971. (jokioistenmuseorautatie.fi)

Mark Taylor, superintendent of operations for White Pass & Yukon Route, says the 3,000-horsepower, 120,000-kg locomotives are about 30 per cent larger than the old ones. (cbc.ca)
In many ways, the U30B was a milestone locomotive, allowing General Electric to finally offer a 3,000 horsepower road-switcher under a single hood. (american-rails.com)

This closure was short-lived and lasted but a year as a group of investors reopened the facility in February of 1901 renaming it as the Canadian Locomotive Company, a designation that was slightly changed to Canadian Locomotive Company, Ltd. during June of 1911 following a restructuring. (american-rails.com)
Once relocated to Chattanooga, the locomotive was rebranded and given the new designation - Southern Railway 6910. (tvrail.com)

citation needed] Between about 1950 and 1970, the majority of steam locomotives were retired from commercial service and replaced with electric and diesel-electric locomotives. (wikipedia.org)
Diesel-electric locomotives proved more flexible and less expensive. (thehenryford.org)
The SD45T-2 is a six-axle diesel electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division having a 20-cylinder 645-series diesel engine producing 3600 horsepower. (horizonhobby.com)

American Locomotive Company (Alco) was formed in 1901 when seven smaller locomotive builders merged with the Schenectady Locomotive Works (Schenectady, NY) in order to compete against the largest locomotive builder of the day, the Baldwin Locomotive Works. (steamlocomotive.com)
Over all of its time (prior to merger and after), Alco produced about 75,000 locomotives with more than 63% of them built in Schenectady, NY. (steamlocomotive.com)
Alco acquired exclusive rights to Sir Nigel Gresley's "conjugated lever" invention which was used on 3-cylinder steam locomotives . (steamlocomotive.com)
Alco became much more successful at building 3-cylinder steam locomotives than any other builder. (steamlocomotive.com)

A handful of Union Pacific's 7,400 locomotives are currently outfitted with the new paint design. (up.com)
As locomotives need new paint, they will receive this treatment as part of Union Pacific's locomotive overhaul and modernization program. (up.com)

Built by Siemens and based on the EuroSprinter European electric locomotive design, the Cities Sprinter is nonetheless a unique model to North America and is built entirely in the United States. (katousa.com)

Therefore, the DB took on the experiment of converting this unit into a tank locomotive in order to save the required turning of the locomotive at the destination station. (maerklin.de)

Meanwhile, Vande Bharat Express, India's newest and fastest passenger locomotive, is unable to accelerate to its full potential - most parts of the existing tracks won't even allow 80 miles an hour. (indiatimes.com)

The Surviving Steam Locomotive Database would be a good place to begin your search. (steamlocomotive.com)

Our flagship 15 inch gauge steam locomotive Synolda of 1912 returned to steam in 1980. (justgiving.com)
The locomotive looks as it did around 1910 to 1912. (maerklin.de)

this is generally regarded as the first commercially successful locomotive. (wikipedia.org)

Southern Railway and Integral Coach Factory (ICF) in India are constructing steam locomotive replicas, which will operate on electricity. (railway-technology.com)
One of the replicas of the locomotive, designed by Southern Railway, is expected to be completed in three to four months , reported The Times of India. (railway-technology.com)

American Locomotive maintained the Montreal Locomotive Works and Electro-Motive the General Motors Diesel, Ltd. (later General Motors Diesel Division). (american-rails.com)

An accessory package with a reproduction of the prototype coupler, smoke fluid, and gloves are included with the locomotive. (maerklin.de)

In fact, all of the locomotive manufacturing (except in Canada) was consolidated in Schenectady by 1931 and continued until 1968. (steamlocomotive.com)

Our fleet consists of both 4- and 6-axle locomotives, and is managed in-house by our experienced mechanical staff and engineers. (wellsfargo.com)
CBH Chief Executive Officer Ben Macnamara said the agreement with Wabtec will increase CBH's narrow-gauge locomotive fleet to 37. (businesswire.com)
Expanding our narrow-gauge locomotive fleet, in conjunction with the expansion of our standard-gauge locomotive fleet, is a significant step to enhance our outloading capability. (businesswire.com)
Wabtec President of Freight Equipment Rogerio Mendonca said the company was excited to be selected for the expansion of CBH's narrow-gauge locomotive fleet. (businesswire.com)
The new locomotives will replace the White Pass & Yukon Route's aging fleet of locomotives from the 1960s. (cbc.ca)
The new locomotives will replace the railway's aging fleet of locomotives from the 1960s. (cbc.ca)
The Kentucky & Tennessee Railway, with over 25 miles of track and a fleet of 12 steam locomotives, had the K&T 10 as one of its crucial components. (tvrail.com)
Work on the initial 23 locomotives will be finished by mid-2010, and rebuilding of the rest of the 70-strong fleet could follow. (railwaygazette.com)

After only a decade the CE&MC also entered receivership, emerging in February of 1878 as the Canadian Locomotive & Engine Company Ltd. (american-rails.com)
No catalogues were required for Abbott's appraisal of Greenwood and Batley in Leeds, which built 'a somewhat larger vertical boiler tramway locomotive' for Loftus Perkins in 1878. (theengineer.co.uk)

Another well-known early locomotive was Puffing Billy, built 1813-14 by engineer William Hedley for the Wylam Colliery near Newcastle upon Tyne. (wikipedia.org)
The locomotive also comes from the factory with figures of a locomotive engineer and a fireman. (maerklin.de)
There is a built-in figure of a locomotive engineer. (maerklin.de)
The June 10, 1955, edition of The Engineer saw the publication of part three of R.A.S Abbott's history of vertical boiler locomotives. (theengineer.co.uk)
No previous history of this type of locomotive has ever been published it is hoped that this excursion into a little explored by-way of locomotive engineering will prove welcome to both the engineer and historian," The Engineer said in its introduction. (theengineer.co.uk)

NOTE: Some sources state that Richmond only built 1000 locomotives starting at CN 1600 and then included gaps in their numbering scheme. (steamlocomotive.com)
The locomotive has a built-in smoke unit that will work in conventional operation and that can be controlled digitally. (maerklin.de)
The company built its first steam locomotive in 1848 and went through several name changes during the next half-century. (american-rails.com)
The locomotive has a built-in buffer capacitor. (maerklin.de)
The locomotive has a built-in smoke unit with smoke exhaust and multi-step cylinder steam synchronized with the wheels and a steam whistle. (maerklin.de)
Tampella built steam locomotive number 5 of Hyvinkää-Karkkila Railway from year 1918. (jokioistenmuseorautatie.fi)

These locomotives are at least 2-foot gauge, have a history, or are a replica of historical significance. (trains.com)
Locomotives of 2-foot gauge and up. (trains.com)

The locomotive has an mfx+ digital decoder and extensive sound functions. (maerklin.de)
The locomotive has an mfx digital decoder with 32 functions, controlled high efficiency propulsion, and a sound generator with operating sounds synchronized with the wheels as well as extensive sound functions. (maerklin.de)

A prototype rebuild was completed in 2007 before the start of the modernisation programme, which aims to extend the life of the diesel locomotives by a further 20 years. (railwaygazette.com)

The steam locomotive remained by far the most common type of locomotive until after World War II. (wikipedia.org)
Download full mechanical specification for this locomotive type. (wellsfargo.com)
Theoretically well thought out but not feasible practically, the two class 78.10 locomotives remained the only ones of their type. (maerklin.de)
SWITZERLAND: SBB's Biel workshop rolled out the first of 23 SBB Cargo Tm IV light shunting locomotives which are being rebuilt as type Tm 232 on August 4. (railwaygazette.com)

This web site primarily contains information on full-scale steam locomotives. (steamlocomotive.com)
This is the HO Scale Locomotive Foam Work Cradle from Bowser Manufacturing Co. (hobbylinc.com)
This is the N Scale EMD GP40 CSX #4451 DCC Ready model train diesel locomotive from Bachmann. (hobbylinc.com)
This is the O Scale 0-6-0 with DCC Allegheny Iron Works On30 model train steam locomotive from Bachmann. (hobbylinc.com)
This is the N Scale EMD NW2 Pennsylvania RR #9175 (Brunswick Green) DCC with Paragon4 model train diesel locomotive from Broadway Limited Imports. (hobbylinc.com)
This is the Broadway Limited EMD SD40 CSX #8406 DCC HO scale model train diesel locomotive . (hobbylinc.com)
This is the HO Scale Switcher EMD SW7 Union Pacific #1817 DCC with Paragon4 sound model train Diesel Locomotive from Broadway Limited Imports. (hobbylinc.com)

Steam locomotives are less efficient than modern diesel and electric locomotives, and a significantly larger workforce is required to operate and service them. (wikipedia.org)

GE locomotives continued to grow in popularity thanks to the builder's dedication to its product. (american-rails.com)

The word locomotive originates from the Latin loco 'from a place', ablative of locus 'place', and the Medieval Latin motivus 'causing motion', and is a shortened form of the term locomotive engine, which was first used in 1814 to distinguish between self-propelled and stationary steam engines. (wikipedia.org)

Locomotives may generate their power from fuel (wood, coal, petroleum or natural gas), or they may take power from an outside source of electricity. (wikipedia.org)
Southern Railway divisional railway manager Ganesh was quoted by the news publication as saying: "A major problem with steam locomotives is that because of the coal capacity of coal it can run at limited speed and distance. (railway-technology.com)

However, push-pull operation has become common, where the train may have a locomotive (or locomotives) at the front, at the rear, or at each end. (wikipedia.org)
This locomotive including the SD40T-2 were nick-named "Tunnel Motors" due to the rear cool air intake lowered to just above the walkway at the rear of the locomotive. (horizonhobby.com)

Most who study the history of diesel locomotives and FM's involvement during the 1940s and 1950s probably best remember this era of the CLC. (american-rails.com)

The twin-cylinder engines of the class 01 are considered the first express train locomotives to be produced in accordance with the standard construction programme. (fleischmann.de)
The £520,000 scheme will see the return to passenger service of the oldest surviving "Black Five" class locomotive after an absence of 28 years. (scotsman.com)
1638 is one of two U-class locomotives on the Bluebell Railway, both coming via Barry Scrapyard. (bluebell-railway.co.uk)
Nederlandse Spoorwegen Class 2200 Diesel Locomotive for Train Simulator. (aerosoft.com)

The locomotive comes with sprung buffers. (maerklin.de)

and Baldwin for designing duplex drive locomotives and for being the largest, longest-lived, and most successful of the steam locomotive builders. (steamlocomotive.com)
The Baldwin Locomotive Works was founded in 1831 by Matthias Baldwin. (steamlocomotive.com)
The Canadian Locomotive Company wanted to become involved with this and began working with the Baldwin Locomotive Works through its subsidiary the Whitcomb Locomotive Company in 1948. (american-rails.com)
This steam locomotive was constructed by the renowned Baldwin Locomotive Works in May 1920. (tvrail.com)

After being rebuilt, the two units were classified as tank locomotives with a 4-6-4T wheel arrangement and were therefore given the road numbers 78 1001 (former 38 2919) and 1002 (former 38 2890). (maerklin.de)

Additionally, it also manufactured steam locomotives and other machinery to be sent to Europe following the rebuilding effort. (american-rails.com)

Be on the lookout: A handful of Union Pacific locomotives are now sporting a fresh paint scheme shifting some key design elements, including moving the American flag closer to the front. (up.com)
The new design concept was created by employees at the railroad's Jenks Locomotive Shop in North Little Rock, Arkansas. (up.com)
Perhaps less well known or celebrated than their freight and passenger carrying cousins, vertical boiler locomotives - by dint of their design - were vital to any operation requiring the movement of heavy loads over relatively short distances. (theengineer.co.uk)
Based on Vande Bharat's design, ICF will soon commence designing a steam engine-themed locomotive. (railway-technology.com)

These locomotives were developed for service where higher horsepower and faster service were preferable. (athearn.com)

Through World War II the CLC was able to construct roughly one locomotive per week and did its part during the conflict by producing equipment for the Allies. (american-rails.com)

Dear CR, None of our On30 locomotives have a smoke unit. (bachmanntrains.com)

The most common form of steam locomotive also contains a boiler to generate the steam used by the engine. (wikipedia.org)
Steam buffs were in for a treat with the latest instalment of RAS Abbott's history of vertical boiler locomotives. (theengineer.co.uk)
Consequently, the vertical boiler was ideally suited primarily for load-hauling locomotives at work in mines, quarries, dockyards and similar industrial locations. (theengineer.co.uk)

The Locomotive leasing market report offers an exhaustive examination of the worldwide market dimensions, as well as regional and national market scales, highlighting market segmentation growth, competitive dynamics, sales insights, and the influence wielded by both local and international market participants. (openpr.com)

The ACS-64, also known as the "Amtrak Cities Sprinter", is Amtrak's replacement of the aging AEM-7 and HHP-8 electric locomotives for operation in the Northeast and Keystone Corridors. (katousa.com)
For General Electric the soft sales of the four-axle U30B, and particularly with the two latter models (the U33B and U36B), was a sign that B-B main line locomotives were losing demand within the industry. (american-rails.com)

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