This category represents all locomotives in the AoSR collection.
Carnegie Steel 0-4-0T Saddletank No. 14 Previous Next This diminutive locomotive was constructed by Pittsburgh’s H.K. Porter Company in April 1897 as No.14 for the Carnegie Steel plant in Cochran, Pennsylvania. It was later transferred to U.S. Steel in Duquesne as that mill’s No.727. It is believed that its small tender was constructed and added …
Alabama, Tennessee & Northern 2-10-0 No. 401 Previous Next The Alabama, Tennessee & Northern Railroad was a 220-mile long short line railroad in the state of Alabama. Through various mergers and expansions the railroad eventually reached the port of Mobile in 1928, but AT&N rails never got anywhere close to reaching Tennessee. During this same …
Compressed Air 0-4-0 No. 1 Specifications Builder: H.K. Porter – Pittsburgh, Penn. Built: November 1915 Serial Number: #5731 Wheel Arrangement: 0-4-0 3-tank Compressed Air (Pneumatic) Driver Diameter: 36″ Cylinder Bore x Stroke: 11″ x 18″ high pressure; 22″ x 18″ low pressure Boiler Pressure: 800 psi, reduced to 250 psi (HP cylinder) and 50 psi …
Grand Trunk Western 4-8-4 No. 6325 Previous Next Constructed in 1942 by American Locomotive Company’s Schenectady Works, Grand Trunk Western 4-8-4 No.6325 hauled both wartime freight and passenger trains between Detroit and Chicago. The smallish Northern Types were well-suited for the GTW’s needs; they were powerful and quick and handled such trains as the Maple …
Canadian National 4-6-0 No. 1551 Previous Next Constructed the same month as the sinking of the Titanic, 4-6-0 No.1551 rolled out o the Montreal Locomotive Works as Canadian Northern Railway No.1354 in April of 1912. In 1923, it became the property of the unified Canadian National Railway system after Canadian Northern and a number of …
Canadian Pacific 4-6-2 No. 1293 Previous Next The G-5 class of 4-6-2 Pacific type steam locomotives were constructed after World War II to pull passenger and freight trains on the Canadian Pacific Railway’s branch and secondary lines. The G-5’s basic dimensions were patterned after an earlier CP design, but these 102 upgraded 4-6-2s were equipped …
Canadian Pacific 4-6-2 No. 1278 Previous Next Former Canadian Pacific 4-6-2 No.1278 was one of thirty class G-5-d engines built during 1948 at Canadian Locomotive Company in Kingston, Ontario. The G-5 class’s lightweight construction and modern design made the locomotives perfect for light-rail, branch line duty on CP’s passenger and freight trains. Development of the …
Baltimore & Ohio 0-6-0 No. 1190 Previous Next This 0-6-0 switch engine was built for the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railway as No.152. It was constructed by Alco’s Brooks Works in January 1904, and survives today as the only existing BR&P locomotive. A run-of-the-mill switch engine in most aspects, it is equipped with “inboard” piston …
Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 No. 763 Previous Next One of the famed 2-8-4 Berkshire-type locomotives of the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (better known as the “Nickel Plate Road”), No.763 was constructed in August 1944 by the Lima Locomotive Works of Lima, Ohio. The NKP was a bridge route between Chicago and Buffalo, …
US Army 2-8-0 No. 2630 Previous Next Upon America’s entry into World War II, the United States Army Transportation Corps (USATC) commissioned development of a locomotive which could be built quickly and inexpensively in large numbers to be deployed on railways around the world. The result was the S-160 class, a 2-8-0 Consolidation locomotive limited …
