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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 locomotives with this wheel arrangement. Completed in 1882, it was the heaviest locomotive in the world at the time.
Central Pacific No. 177 is a 4-6-0 "Ten Wheeler" type steam locomotive built by the Sacramento Shops in 1866 for the Central Pacific railroad and placed into service on August 7. The locomotive was used for both passenger and freight service on the Central Pacific railroad.
4-6-0 "Ten-Wheeler" Locomotives in the USA. The 4-6-0 wheel arrangement was a natural progression from the 4-4-0 (American type) when railroads desired a locomotive with more power. The first example was built in 1847 by the Norris Brothers for the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad.
These two Ten-wheelers entered service in San Francisco & North Pacific #21 and California Northwestern #32. The latter later acquired as SF&NP #25. Once they operated under NWP's herald, they ran until 1934.
The privately owned Wellington and Manawatu Railway purchased two Ten-Wheelers from Baldwin in 1904. In 1908 they were acquired by the Government and became the Ud Class. They were also a victim of standardisation and were scrapped when repairs were required - the last being written off in 1931.
26 Οκτ 2002 · Details of each steam engine including the road number, name, type, driving wheel size in inches, builder, date constructed, weight, effort in horsepower, 1891 renumber, and date scrapped.
New Orleans Pacific / Texas & Pacific 4-6-0 "Ten-Wheeler" Locomotives in the USA. Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media. Class 104/D-2 (Locobase 16641) Data from T&P 1 - 1922 and T&P 1 - 1950ca Locomotive Diagrams supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive Rail Data Exchange. Works numbers were 500.
