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Railroad Photo Album Steam Locomotives #1 4-4-0 American Type 1951
Railroad Photo Album Steam Locomotives 4-4-0 American Type Number 1
Copyright 1951 47 pages
WE TAKE PLEASURE in introducing to you the first in a series of the most unusual photo albums ever offered to collectors.
Each issue will include a collection of photographs of a particular type of steam locomotive and will include, when available, the builder's name, date built, class of engine and, in some instances, location where picture was taken. However, where we have been unable to locate complete information, space has been provided should you have the data and wish to add to complete the records.
WHILE MANY OF YOU may be familiar with locomotive classification, for those who are not, we would like to give a brief outline as to how steam locomotives are classified. Frequently, there seems to be some difficulty in understanding the difference between type and class of an engine. The type of a steam locomotive is determined by its wheel arrangement according to the WYTHE SYSTEM (see opposite page).
An engine having a four wheel leading truck, four driving wheels and no trailing truck is known as a 4-4-0 or an AMERICAN TYPE locomotive. The first of these was built in May, 1837, by James Brooks. An engine (steam outline) having this wheel arrangement - whether it be a toy, model or full size locomotive -is an AMERICAN TYPE locomotive.
With respect to class, a railroad may assign any "class" it desires to a "type" of locomotive. For example, on the P R R, the AMERICAN TYPE locomotive is known as Class D.
Our cover shows a PRR AMERICAN TYPE locomotive, Class D-16a.
On the Texas & Pacific Railroad, the 4-4-0 engines are Class A locomotives. We mention this to show that the type of engine does not actually determine its class.
IN THIS ISSUE, the subject is a collection of 4-4-0 locomotives. It is interesting to note that there were possibly more of this type of engine built than any other and that they were used both in freight and passenger service.
Although today the AMERICAN TYPE locomotive is practically extinct, at about the turn of the century it was the finest engine on any railroad, hauling not only local passenger trains but the road's crack limiteds. There were many well known and famous AMERICANS. Possibly the best known were the New York Central's famous 999, the NC&StL's General, the Great Northern's William Crooks, the B&O's William Mason, and many others too numerous to mention.
OUR ALBUMS will contain pictures from many famous collections, such as those of Donald A. Somerville, George B. Ritz, and Joseph Lavelle, and we will have valued assistance from Paul T. Warner of the Baldwin Locomotive Works.
We assure you every effort will be made to furnish the correct information for each engine picture.
Railroad Photo Album Steam Locomotives 1951 No 1
47 Pages
Contents
Pennsylvania Railroad No. 1395Cover, 4
The William Mason (Baltimore & Ohio Railroad No. 25) 6
Atchinson, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway No. 785 8
The Pope Barrow (Blue Ridge & Atlantic Railroad No. 1) 10
Philadelphia & Reading Railway No. 196 12
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad No. 599 14
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad No. 999 16
Central Vermont Railway No. 106 18
Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad No. 115 20
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad No. 961 22
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad No. 204 24
Chicago & Illinois Midland Railway No. 500 26
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad No. 671 28
New York Central Railroad No. 24 30
Mississippi Central Railroad No. 102 32
Louisville & Nashville Railroad No. 138 34
Delaware & Hudson Railroad No. 442 36
Boston & Maine Railroad No. 710 38
St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad No. 18340
Philadelphia & Reading Railway No. 101 42
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad No. 897 44
The General (Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railroad No. 3) 46
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