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UP 4-8-8-4 Big Boy  LokSound 5 North American and Australian Sound files N XL L M4

Equipped with ESU "FULL THROTTLE STEAM" features!

During the late 1930s, the Union Pacific often used helpers to move trains from Ogden to Wasatch. The UP wanted to simplify this move so they asked their "Department of Research and Mechanical Standards" (DoRMS) to design a locomotive that could pull a 3600 ton train unassisted over the 1.14% grade of the Wasatch.
The designers determined that to pull a 3600 ton train, a tractive effort of 135,000 lbs would be needed. Assuming a factor of more…

#734 WM BLW 2-8-0  LokSound 5 North American and Australian Sound files N XL L M4

Western Maryland Scenic Railroad No. 734, also known as Mountain Thunder, is an SC-1 class 2-8-0 “Consolidation” type steam locomotive originally built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1916 for the Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad (LS&I) as No. 18. It was renumbered to 34 in 1925. No. 34 was used to pull heavy iron ore trains for the LS&I, until it was retired in 1961. The locomotive was subsequently sold to the Marquette and Huron Mountain Railroad, where it was stored in a sideline more…

UP 4-6-6-4 Challenger  LokSound 5 North American and Australian Sound files N XL L M4

Equipped with ESU "FULL THROTTLE STEAM" features!

The name Challenger was given to steam locomotives with a 4-6-6-4 wheel arrangement. This means that they have four wheels in the leading "pilot" truck, which helps guide the locomotive into curves; two sets of six "driving" wheels, and finally, four "trailing" wheels, which support the rear of the engine and its massive firebox. Each set of driving wheels has its own steam cylinder. In essence, the result is two engines under one boiler.

The more…

UP 4-8-4 FEF  LokSound 5 North American and Australian Sound files N XL L M4

Equipped with ESU "FULL THROTTLE STEAM" features!

Recorded from UP FEF 4-8-4 Northern #844
Built in 1944 Steam Locomotive No. 844 is the last steam locomotive built for Union Pacific Railroad. Made for passenger service it also hauled some freight in the late 1950s. Still serving today it has become Union Pacific's "Living Legend" as it holds the world record for longest contiuosly running steam locomotive!

With 80 inch Drivers, 300lbs of boiler pressure, and designed to safely operate at 120 more…

SP 4449 GS-4 4-8-4  LokSound 5 North American and Australian Sound files N XL L M4

Southern Pacific 4449, also known as the Daylight, is the only surviving example of Southern Pacific Railroad's GS-4 class of steam locomotives and one of only two GS-class locomotives surviving, the other being GS-6 4460. The locomotive is a streamlined 4-8-4 "Northern"-type steam locomotive. GS is abbreviated from "Golden State", a nickname for California (where the locomotive was operated in regular service), or "General Service".

The locomotive was built by Lima Locomotive Works in Lima, more…

4-12-2 Three Cylinder  LokSound 5 North American and Australian Sound files N XL L M4

The 4-12-2 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels, twelve coupled driving wheels, and two trailing wheels. This arrangement was named the Union Pacific type, after the only railroad to use it, the Union Pacific Railroad.

Only one type of locomotive with a 4-12-2 wheel arrangement was built: the Union Pacific Railroad's 9000-series locomotives, 88 of which were built by ALCO between 1926 and 1930. These locomotives were used to increase the speed of freight trains in flat more…

#261 MILW ALCO 4-8-4  LokSound 5 North American and Australian Sound files N XL L M4

Recorded from MILW #261 S3 Class 4-8-4
We would like to give a special thanks to the "Friends of the 261" for their help in this project. to find out more about their operation or to book a ride please go to: https://261.com/

Milwaukee Road 261 is a class "S3" 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotive built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO), in Schenectady, New York in July 1944, for the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, often referred to as the "Milwaukee Road".

It was more…

#40 NN BLW 4-6-0  LokSound 5 North American and Australian Sound files N XL L M4

Recorded from Nevada Northern Railway #40.
We would like to give a special thanks to the NNRY for their help in this project. To find out more about their operation or to book a ride please go to: https://nnry.com/

The Nevada Northern No. 40 is a 4-6-0 ten-wheeler type, steam locomotive which was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in July 1910 for the Nevada Northern Railway Company.

It originally served as a passenger locomotive during the original years of more…

#98 WWRR ALCO 4-4-0  LokSound 5 North American and Australian Sound files N XL L M4

Recorded from Wilmington Western #98

4-4-0 is a locomotive type with a classification that uses the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement and represents the arrangement: four leading wheels on two axles (usually in a leading bogie), four powered and coupled driving wheels on two axles, and a lack of trailing wheels. Due to the large number of the type that were produced and used in the United States, the 4-4-0 is most commonly known as the more…

#8419 BSVY JS 2-8-2  LokSound 5 North American and Australian Sound files N XL L M4

Recorded from Boone & Scenic Valley Railway #8419
We would like to give a special thanks to the BSVY for their help in this project. To find out more about their operation or to book a ride please go to: https://bsvrr.com/wp/

The story of steam locomotive 8419 is as unique as the museum where it operates. In March of 1988, an article in National Geographic told about steam locomotives still being produced in China. A few months later, in May, two board members traveled to China to visit the more…