Glad you like Mikados. Here in UK we are building a new one! This is P2, designed by Sir Nigel Gresley in the 1930s. All the P2s were scrapped or converted to Pacifics, so the new one fills a gap in loco history.
1:15 The Jupiter 4-4-0 and UP 119, both at Golden Spike NHS, are replicas of the originals. The originals were scraped in 1903 and the current ones were built in 1979.
Agree totally with your selection of the Mikado as #1. Probably the most notable example was the USRA light Mikado, assigned to numerous railroads during WWI. Many of these roads liked them well enough to order near identical copies after the war, with many lasting until the end of steam. Also totally agree with your #2 choice of the Consolidation as these were numerous and were the freight workhorse for years. They could be either a massive powerhouse or a locomotive with light enough axle loading to work light railed branch lines. There are only two things I would add: first is probably the best known Ten Wheeler ever, Sierra Ry #3, still active at more than 130 years of age, and second, as a Michiganian, i would remind you not to forget the "other" operational Berkshire, Pere Marquette 1225, just returned to service this past Christmas season after a complete running gear overhaul. BTW, the appearance of a Pere Marquette Pacific in this video did not escape me and was much appreciated.
I think you are very spot on with your choices! I was on a toss up between the Mikado and and the Consolidation, I refer to those as belly button locomotives every line had them. I would have switched the yellowstone and an the berkshire on the line up but that's my opinion. I am so glad the Pacific was rated so highly, it was the first building block of most high speed and horsepower units that followed. Great job!
The Consolidation was the main stay for the Rio Grande narrow gauge operations for many years until the acquisition of the K series and the building of the K37, which ironically was a standard gauge C41 Consolidation.
My grandfather was a machinist for L&N at Corbin, KY and worked on Mikados that were in freight service in Eastern Kentucky coal mine service. I got to see them in the shops in the late 1940’s as diesels were making their appearance. Watched them int their retirement years later in 1950’s. Magnificent machines whether pulling coal drags, or disassembled in the shop
I very much like your arrangement and it makes a lot of sense. I also learned a LOT and gained much appreciation for the older non-articulated units. Of course I'm biased to the A and Y6B because my dad worked in the N&W Williamson yard from the 50's to 1980 and I grew up with the coal yard about 100 feet away from our house. Thank you. I really enjoyed learning about the other steam locomotives!
No 2 the Connie and no 1 the Mike. I agree. While the "super power" engines and huge articulateds get the glory, it was the lowly 2-8-0 and 2-8-2 that carried America through 2 world wars and into the Diesel age.
I'm just going to jam my 10 in here without watching the video and see how I did. In no particular order. N&W Y6b: Ultimate Mallet. N&W A: Not as big a fan of this as most people. In fact I think it is overrated (I.E. people attribute to its design things it couldn't do) but the N&W utilized it to the absolute limit where other more capable engines did not get pushed as hard. The C&O T-1/ PRR J-1: basically the same engine, revolutionized motive power on the C&O and modernized power on the PRR, lasting longer than the Duplexes designed to replace it. The AMC Berkshires: (NKP, PM, and C&O). probably the best multifunctional engines ever made. the NYC Niagara: basically the last major advance in passenger steam with impressive utilization and availability Milwaukee Road F-7: probably the ultimate Hudson, with most agressive passenger service schedule of basically any train. Timken 4 Aces: proved the importance and effectiveness of roller bearings in locomotive usage. Also did a lot of work. Lima A-1. introduced super-power concepts (deep firebox, high horsepower) UP Challengers: introduced the most popular of the high speed articulated locomotives, copied numerous times C&O H-1. probably the most successful early mallet, radically improving the C&O's operations over the Allegheny subdivision. provided to the N&W after the failure of their Y-1 and X-1 mallets, and extensively copied with their Z mallets. arguably the originator of the two most successful mallet classes of all time (C&O H1-H6, N&W Z1, and N&W Y2-Y6b)
I'm another one that would knock the Yellowstone off. They were indeed awesome, but it's difficult to say they were successful with 72 built. If being successful at their job is a criterion I'd replace the Yellowstone with the 0-6-0. In the US more than 15,000 of them were built from the 1830's until 1946. Most railroads had them. And if the list isn't restricted to the USA I'd include the Russian E Class 0-10-0. Around 11,000 of them were built from 1912 and 1957.
Good overview, however, the humble 0-6-0 and 2-10-0 would have been worth a mention. The Russian JS (ИС) class was a Berkshire, with 650 being built from 1932. If you were going to a Soviet labour camp, your train would most likely be pulled by one.
@@TheRailroadCrossing-SteamPower Probably the 2-8-8-4, they werent too widespread when you think about it. Many railroads had hudson types for passenger services. Unfortunately, the reason why the type is so rare today is because of them being only used really for passenger service, they were some of the first victims of dieselization as passenger services were dieselized much quicker than freight trains.
@lroadCrossing-SteamPower Im gauging "Successful" by how many railroads used the type. and the hudson was simply much more prevalent on railroads than the yellowstone.t
If ever one were to do so.. These might be the days it happens with scores of governments looking for alternative means when it comes energy and transportation.
@@AlexThePatriot Well, I would center a locomotive that can burn either hydrogen or at worst Natural gas. However, one of the biggest issues would be derailment safety. The supplying car would have to be armored in my mind..and also redundant cut off valves to cover any kind of disconnection.Otherwise you risk a massive explosion. I think with today's tech we can get enough consistent BTU's to fire a steam locomotive with either fuel source above. Or more likely a turbine that produces power much like a current diesel does. Steam you have to create supporting infrastructure with water in particular. That equals greater cost to implement.
I don't see it happening. There's simply too much maintenance involved for steam locomotives to actually make a meaningful return. There's also water treatment positions required every 100 or so miles. Too many people required for the amount of freight moved.
Outside of the top 10, honorable mentions would be; 4-4-2 Atlantic type, 2-10-0 Decapod (DRB Class 50 is part of this wheel arrangement), 0-10-0 Ten-Coupled, and 4-6-6-4.
The list was based on wheel arrangements.. But yes I can definitely see an argument for the 4-4-2.. I didnt select it because the 4-6-2 was very close to production already by the time the 4-4-2 became used.
The L&N should've designed their own 4-8-2 Mountain Types while Baldwin or Lima builds them. using the same or similar look on some of the Pacifics and J-2 Mikados.. for their L-1 Mountains instead of USRA. I love the L&N railroad. If you look at other Mountain types from other railroads both extant and in extinct, they re-use that same or similar design for their Mountain Type Locomotives. You can tell that B&O has done that, the PRR has done, and even the NYC.
WHEN you talk about ten wheelers i question your expertise on them as you left out the mention of the most famous one of all and still in operation the Sierra no 3 made by RODGERS and the best looking of them all and western pacific 94 0n display
I cannot mention every last locomotive in every class of them. Unless you want to watch a 5 hour video. This was just a brief list of each, not a feature video of each. !Goodness!
a majority of the list were largely used around the world and in large numbers. And also the list was wheel arrangements, not specific railroad designs.
You really should make your title clear that this is just American locos.........what about the UK, France, Germany, South Africa or even China?? This is misleading
I would/will never clickbait a title of mine. The railroad logo's on the thumbnail more than hints of the content. Also, a large number of the selections are also International exports from the U.S. The video already ran past 12 minutes. I cannot get into serious depth on any one entry.. I would otherwise have a video well over an hour. There are some English designs in particular I will get to.
