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The Southern Railway Ps-4 was a class of 4-6-2 steam locomotives built for the Southern Railway (SOU), as well as its subsidiaries, the Alabama Great Southern (AGS) and the Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific (CNO&TP).
Pages in category "Steam locomotives of Southern Railway (U.S.)" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Southern Railway took a key role in expanding the 660 V DC third rail electrified network begun by the London & South Western Railway.As a result of this, and its smaller operating area, its steam locomotive stock was the smallest of the 'Big Four' companies.
The Southern Railway began dieselization in 1941, and was the largest all-diesel railroad when it retired its last steam locomotive in 1953. The Southern Railway was active in mechanization, used helper engines, is widely credited with inventing unit trains for coal and new freight cars, [25] and understood the power of marketing using the ...
Southern Railway 401 is a H-4 class 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type steam locomotive built in December 1907 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Southern Railway, it is preserved and operated by the Monticello Railway Museum.
Southern Railway 1380 was a streamlined 4-6-2 steam locomotive built in 1923 by American Locomotive Company (ALCO) of Schenectady, New York, for the Southern Railway (SOU) as a member of the Ps-4 class, which was based on the United States Railroad Administration (USRA) Heavy Pacific design with some minor differences.
Southern Railway 1401 is a 4-6-2 steam locomotive built in July 1926 by American Locomotive Company (ALCO) of Richmond, Virginia, for the Southern Railway (SOU) as a member of the Ps-4 class, which was based on the United States Railroad Administration (USRA) Heavy Pacific design with some minor differences.
Nos. 630 and 722 pulled many main line excursion trains for the SOU steam program until they were both loaned to the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum (TVRM) in 1978 and 1980, respectively to make way for larger steam locomotives such as Canadian Pacific 2839, Texas and Pacific 610 and Chesapeake and Ohio 2716 to pull the longer and heavier ...