Great Steam Locomotives of All Time |
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4-cylinder compound 4-cylinder simple American Austrian State Railways axle load became Beyer-Garratt Britain British locomotives British Railways broad-gauge built Canadian Pacific Railway coal compound locomotives coupled wheels developed driving wheels Dunalastair early express locomotive express passenger locomotive famous fast firebox four-cylinder freight locomotive French Glehn compound Atlantics Gölsdorf gradients haul heavy Indian Railways inside cylinders introduced Japanese National Railways King Arthur larger level track loco locomotive design locomotive practice locomotive superintendent London and North low-pressure cylinders m.p.h. on level main line maximum metre gauge Midland miles motive power National Railways Nord Northern Railway Paris-Orleans Railway Pennsylvania picture piston valves Prussian State Railways Rail rail gauge Railway Museum Railway of France Rhodesia Railways route Royal Hudson running Santa Fé Southern speed standard locomotives steam locomotive Stephenson streamlined successful superheat superheating tender tive tons tractive effort type of locomotive Union Pacific valve gear Walschaerts Western Railway wheel arrangement