ALCO delivered the first of 12 of these new locomotives in December of 1926, with the balance arriving early in 1927. Designated Class A, and assigned road numbers 2600 through 2611, they had 73" drivers, 28 x 30 cylinders, a boiler pressure of 210 psi, a tractive effort of 57,500 lbs and weighed 426,000 pounds.

The 2-8-8-4 was first built for the Northern Pacific Railway in 1928. The 4-6-6-4 locomotives were so large that in many places in Montana the Northern Pacific had to widen the centers of its double track on the Rocky Mountain Division.

A 1925 product of Schenectady Works. Exact date and location are not known.

May 24, 2021 · Northern Pacific’s 12 Z-5 freight locomotives were the first 2-8-8-4 Yellowstone types and, at the time of their construction in 1928 and ’30, the largest engines in the world. Their immense fireboxes, sized for low-grade Rosebud coal, were eventually found to be too big for efficient operation.

Description Northern Pacific, 4-8-4 locomotive 2600, 3/4 right, Portland, Oregon.

This section provides information on trucks, trailers and buses operated by the Northern Pacific Railway. Photo collections listed here have strong Northern Pacific content regardless of where they are preserved.

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 2600 leads a passenger train at Seattle, Washington, in 1935. The Class A Northern was built by the American Loco...

Description View of a Northern Pacific steam train 2, engine 2600 at Hangman's Hill near Spokane, Washington.

The Northern Pacific Class A was a class of 4-8-4 "Northern" that were built by ALCO's Schenectady Works for the Northern Pacific Railway in 1926. In the 1900s, the Northern Pacific Railway needed an all new steam locomotive for their usage on their system, so ALCO's Schenectady Works had drew...

The Northern Pacific Railway (reporting mark NP) was an important transcontinental railroad that operated across the northern tier of the western United States, from Minnesota to the Pacific Northwest.