NAMED PASSENGER TRAINS
The Great Northern Railroad's flagship passenger train that runs from St. Paul, Minnesota to Seattle, Washington, but the Chicago, Illinois to St. Paul, Minnesota leg was run by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad.
What is the Empire Builder?
The name of the 4-8-4 wheel arrangement, first used on the Northern Pacific, which was how it got its name.
What is the Northern type?
These massive locomotives are claimed to be able to pull a train five and a half miles long solo on level track.
What are the Union Pacific Big Boys?
These locomotives are called the largest diesel locomotives in the world.
What are the Union Pacific Centennials?
The First Transcontinental Railroad was completed when the Union Pacific and this other railroad met at Promontory Summit after the Golden Spike was driven in.
What is the Central Pacific Railroad?
This passenger train was not named after the road in Manhatten, but after the the Pennsylvania Railroad's 4-track main line.
What is the Broadway Limited?
The 2-10-4 wheel arrangement shares the same name of a U.S. State.
What is the Texas type?
This class of passenger steam locomotives were the most famous class of all Pennsylvania Railroad steam locomotives.
What is the Pennsylvania Class K4s?
This series of locomotives were nicknamed "Pooch" due to its designation being similar in appearance.
What is the P30CH?
The only American railroad to have had Cab Forward steam locomotives.
What is the Southern Pacific Railroad?
This passenger train was advertised as "The Most Famous Train in the World".
What is the 20th Century Limited?
The 2-8-4 was named the Berkshire type, but the Chesapeake and Ohio chose to name their 2-8-4s this, after the river in West Virginia.
What is the Kanawha type?
The very first 4-8-4 Northern type built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works.
What is Santa Fe 3751?
These locomotives were nicknamed "Screamer" due to their engine running at a constant RPM.
What is the F40PH?
This railroad was notorious for building its own steam locomotives and didn't purchase any diesel locomotives until 1955.
What is the Norfolk and Western Railway?
The Chesapeake and Ohio named their flagship passenger train after this U.S. President.
What is the George Washington?
Many railroads chose different names for their 4-8-4s. The Southern Pacific went with the name that is also California's State Nickname.
What is the Golden State type?
This class of steam locomotives have the most tractive effort of any 4-8-4 Northern type ever built, with a calculated tractive effor of 84,981 pounds.
What are the Norfolk and Western Class Js?
These diesels were EMD's first model of the GP series.
What is the GP7?
This railroad used the motto "The Standard Railroad of the World".
What is the Pennsylvania Railroad?
This Norfolk and Western passenger train shared the same name as a Native American.
What is the Pocahontas?
The 4-4-2 and the 4-6-2 wheel arrangements share the same names with oceans.
What is the Atlantic type and the Pacific type?
They were the largest fleet of 4-8-2 Mountain types, with 600 built, but instead of being called Mountain, they were named after a river in New York that the railroad followed.
What are the New York Central Mohawks?
These locomotives were EMD's best selling cab units, with 2,393 A units sold.
What is the F7?
The New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad was very commonly known by this nickname.
What is the Nickel Plate Road?