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The Union Railroad was a switching and transfer line owned by U.S. Steel, serving a number of plants in the area and connecting with six trunk line railroads. Operation was only at low speed, thus a leading truck's stability was not required.
2 Ιουλ 2020 · The 0-10-2s put in nearly a solid decade of faithful service before the Union was obligated to join the wholesale movement toward dieselization in Pittsburgh, borne of the smoke-choked city’s push for cleaner air.
30 Νοε 2022 · The biggest was the Union Railroad’s unique 0-10-2, dubbed the “Union” type, weighing in at 644,510 pounds and delivering 90,000 pounds of tractive force, with another 17,150 pounds available from its booster.
2 Μαρ 2024 · In this video, we take a look at one of the more obscure locomotives of American railroading - the 0-10-2!!
18 Νοε 2024 · I won't challenge the evidence that the Union 0-10-2 is indeed the 604, but a noted by others, some railroads did swap parts around. While rebuilding the Southern 630, someone at TVRM with a handy piece of chalk kept track of such discoveries.
24 Ιαν 2022 · She’s a rare 0-10-2, of which only nine were built, all for Pittsburgh’s Union Railroad, in 1936-37. They came to sister U.S. Steel road DM&IR in 1949. Presumably, lacking a lead truck, these were for slow speed service, dragging cuts of iron ore (which is very dense) in jennies (short hopper cars).
4 Απρ 2004 · Locobase doesn't usually include US yard switchers, but makes an exception for this Union class for two reasons: 1) sheer brute size, and 2) its use in transfer service. Well, really it's the size. This was an enormous design, quite suitable for the US Steel railroad on which it operated.
