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One of the most beautiful steam locomotives ever built, the S1 was designed by Raymond Loewe. Poor balancing caused wheel-spin and only one was ever built, for the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1939.



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One of the most beautiful steam locomotives ever built, the S1 was designed by Raymond Loewe. Poor balancing caused wheel-spin and only one was ever built, for the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1939.

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New York Central's 20th Century Limited was dubbed “The Greatest Train Ever Made.”

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The class J-1 and J-3a Hudsons of 1927 had 79 inch drivers. They were fast, powerful, very well proportioned, good looking, and may have been the best known steam locomotive. Honorable Mentions: CMStP&P Class F7.

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There are two technologies that separate modern steam locomotives from traditional locomotives: the implementation of the Gas Producer Combustion System (GPCS) in place of conventional steam locomotive combustion (which works in tandem with a high efficiency exhaust) and the use of a modern and much more effective ...

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