Mastodon was the unofficial name of the Central Pacific Railroad 's number 229, the world's first successful 4-8-0 steam locomotive. The engine was designed and built by the road's master …

The nickname Mastodon is often mistakenly used to describe the 4-8-0 wheel arrangement and was derived from the unofficial name of the first 4-8-0 locomotive of the Central Pacific …

2024年11月5日 · One of the more unique wheel arrangements to be applied to a steam locomotive was the 4-8-0 twelve wheeler, also recognized as a Mastodon for one of the first …

Railroads that used 4-8-0 "Mastodon" Locomotives in the USA (data provided by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media)

Farrington (Railroading Coast-to-Coast, 1976) says this was the heaviest Mastodon (4-8-0) class ever built. Two were rebuilt after World War II for yard duties. Class M2c - superheated …

Wellington reported that this Mastodon, designed and built by the CP's locomotive superintendent A J Stevens in the Sacramento shops, hauled 20 loaded cars weighing 422 tons up a 2% …

Although the Baltimore and Ohio had procured a locomotive with a 4-8-0 wheel arrangement in 1855 with the “Centipede”, the Central Pacific “Mastodon” was one of the first successful …

2020年2月21日 · Strasburg Rail Road 4-8-0 Mastodon-type steam locomotive No. 475 pulls a tourist train in Pennsylvania. •YEARS BUILT: 1890s to 1935. •MANUFACTURERS: Brooks, …

It had the classic steam locomotive shape and appearance including an angled "cow catcher", towering smoke funnel, cylindrical body, and boxy driver's compartment. A supply tender was …

Built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia in June of 1906 and run on the Norfolk & Western Railroad as a mixed use engine until 1962, No. 475 is Strasburg Rail Road’s oldest …