2 8 4 Locomotive. Nkp 2 8 4 In several test runs over a division of the railroad that crossed the Berkshire Hills, the demonstration locomotive, which carried road. The 2-8-4 locomotives not only heralded a novel design but also garnered a laudatory classification - Class A-1 - on the Illinois Central, where they remained operational through the mid-1950s
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This new 2-8-4 locomotive was sent to the Boston & Albany Railroad by Lima in the early spring of 1925 for tests on that railroad The 2-8-4 locomotives not only heralded a novel design but also garnered a laudatory classification - Class A-1 - on the Illinois Central, where they remained operational through the mid-1950s
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The Yellowstone Type steam locomotive design, of the 2-8-8-4 wheel arrangement and an articulated design featured many of the peak technological advances of the motive power and being developed in the late 1920s had an extremely short lifespan, as some Yellowstones were barely 10 years of age before being retired! The 2-8-4 locomotives not only heralded a novel design but also garnered a laudatory classification - Class A-1 - on the Illinois Central, where they remained operational through the mid-1950s The Yellowstone Type steam locomotive design, of the 2-8-8-4 wheel arrangement and an articulated design featured many of the peak technological advances of the motive power and being developed in the late 1920s had an extremely short lifespan, as some Yellowstones were barely 10 years of age before being retired!
Nickel Plate Road 765 Berkshire Steam 284 Photograph by. The B&A subsequently ordered 55 copies and the 2-8-4 got a name - Berkshire The prototype locomotive then successfully demonstrated on several more railroads, and Lima got orders from Boston & Maine, Illinois Central, and Missouri Pacific.
The 4102 Overland was a unique design used only by the SP and UP and. The 3/8" (9.5 mm) diameter hole provided air and the perforated plates rocked "both ways" with a 4 1/2" (114.5 mm) opening The Yellowstone Type steam locomotive design, of the 2-8-8-4 wheel arrangement and an articulated design featured many of the peak technological advances of the motive power and being developed in the late 1920s had an extremely short lifespan, as some Yellowstones were barely 10 years of age before being retired!