|
Railroad Photo Album Steam Locomotives #4 4-6-0 Ten Wheeler type 1952
Railroad Photo Album Steam Locomotives 4-6-0 Ten Wheeler type Number 4
Copyright 1952
47 pages
IN ALBUM NO. 1 we endeavored to show sonic of the developments of the AMERICAN or 4-4-0 type locomotive, mentioning that these engines were used in both freight and passenger service. (As an example of the excellent performance of this type of locomotive, the PRR D-16 No. 1395 shown on our cover was the first engine to haul the Pennsylvania Special (now the Broadway Limited) westbound out of Jersey City, N. J. in June 1902.) As trains became heavier, and more tonnage began to move it soon became evident that something larger than a 4-4-0 was needed for heavy freight and passenger service.
In 1842 this need was met by Mr. Baldwin who patented his "Flexible Beam Truck" locomotive-an 0-6-0 (see Album No. 3). The Norris Locomotive Works of Philadelphia built the locomotive "Chesapeake" for the Philadelphia & Reading Railway in 1847-the first 4-6-0 type to be constructed. This engine was doubtless intended to compete with the Baldwin Locomotive Works' flexible beam design. The three pairs of driving wheels were held rigidly in the frame, and the truck, which had a short wheelbase, was placed under the cylinders. The Norris engine was built to carry substantially the whole weight on the drivers, the forward drivers being in advance of the center of gravity of the engine, and the truck only to serve as a guide, the front of the engine being connected with it by a pivot pin, but without a bearing on the center plate. When this engine was tried it was not found to pass curves as readily as expected. As the truck carried little or no weight, it would not keep on the track.
The New York & Erie Railroad, of which John Brandt was then Master Mechanic, shortly afterward adapted the ten-wheeled engine, modified in plan so as to carry more weight on the truck.
This type of locomotive proved thoroughly practicable for both freight and passenger service and there soon arose a considerable demand for the "Ten-Wheelers" which were offered by the various builders. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad had a 4-6-0 type locomotive in passenger service on their "Seven Mile Grade" between Piedmont and Altamont as early as 1853, and in the practice of the Baldwin Locomotive Works the ten-wheeled type gradually displaced the flexible beam truck, 0-6-0 type.
Among the most notable of ten-wheeled type locomotives were the engines built for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in 1896, which were used in fast passenger service between Philadelphia and Washington. They had 78-inch drivers and were pace setters for speed and reliability. One of this class locomotive, No. 1320, is shown on page 12. The Ten-Wheelers on the Pennsylvania known as class G-5s (see page 38-No. 29 was assigned to the Long Island Railroad) represented the most advance design of 4-6-0 type locomotive in the early 1940's.
The Ten-Wheeler type locomotive is one having a 4-wheel leading truck, 6 driving wheels and no trailing truck.
Railroad Photo Album Steam Locomotives 1952 No 4
Copyright 1952
47 Pages
Contents
Atlanta & West Point Railroad No. 2754
International-Great Northern Railroad No. 3286
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway No. 8258
Illinois Central Railroad No. 38210
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad No. 132012
Georgia Railroad No. 20214
Live Oak, Perry & Gulf Railroad No. 10316
Norfolk & Western Railway No. 7218
Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway (PRR) No. 28520
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad No. 102422
Alabama, Tennessee Cr Northern Railroad No. 302 24
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad No. 3826
Tennessee Central Railway No. 50228
Middletown & Unionville Railroad No. 230
Paris & Mount Pleasant Railroad No. 32732
Houston, Beaumont & New Orleans Railroad No. 22834
Erie Railroad No. 87836
Long Island Railroad No. 2938
South Georgia & West Coast Railroad No. 10340
St. Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad No. 320442
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway No. 399 44
Canadian Pacific Railway No. 98546
All pictures are of the actual item. If this is a railroad item, this material is obsolete and no longer in use by the railroad. Please email with questions. Publishers of Train Shed Cyclopedias and Stephans Railroad Directories. Large inventory of railroad books and magazines. Thank you for buying from us.
Shipping charges
Postage rates quoted are for shipments to the US only. Ebay Global shipping charges are shown. These items are shipped to Kentucky and then ebay ships them to you. Ebay collects the shipping and customs / import fees. For direct postage rates to these countries, send me an email. Shipping to Canada and other countries varies by weight.
Payment options
Payment must be received within 10 days. Paypal is accepted.
Terms and conditions
All sales are final. Returns accepted if item is not as described. Contact us first. No warranty is stated or implied. Please e-mail us with any questions before bidding.
Thanks for looking at our items.
| 
