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As locomotives pulling trains of lightweight all-wood passenger cars from the 1890 to the 1920s, they were exceptionally stable at near 100 mph (160 km/h) speeds on the New York Central's New York-to-Chicago Water Level Route and on the Reading Railroad's line from Camden to Atlantic City, New Jersey.
24 Οκτ 2024 · The Ten-wheeler is perhaps the only design to derive its name simply from the number of wheels it carries (ten) with a 4-6-0 arrangement. The 4-6-0 was developed as early as the late 1840s first appearing on the Philadelphia & Reading.
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.
The D10g and D10h engines had 63-inch diameter drivers, 21” X 28” cylinders, an engine weight of 202,200 lbs., a total engine and tender in working order weight of 351,200 lbs, a maximum tractive effort of only 33,000 lbs, and overall wheel base 54’-1”.
4-6-0 TEN-WHEELER. A 4-6-0 steam locomotive, under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, has four leading wheels on two axles in a leading truck and six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles with the absence of trailing wheels.
24 Ιουν 2006 · Ten-Wheelers were active deep into the diesel era, with some railroads, such as Canadian Pacific, maintaining sizable fleets into the 1950s. Ten-Wheelers remained in service in North America for over 100 years. By the time the last were built, over 17,000 4-6-0s had been delivered.
All other passenger cars at SRI are “lightweight” (70 tons) streamlined cars with load-bearing car bodies. It’s currently used as the concession and merchandise car for the Steam Railroading Institute’s excursions.
