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Two of the earliest steam locomotives used wooden lagging to insulate their boilers: the Salamanca, the first commercially successful steam locomotive, built in 1812, [4] and the Locomotion No. 1, the first steam locomotive to carry passengers on a public rail line. Large amounts of heat are wasted if a boiler is not insulated.
Steam locomotives constructed in the 21st century fall into two broad categories: those that use advanced steam technology to be commercially competitive with diesels; and those built to more traditional designs for hauling tourist trains. Even locomotives in the second case likely use some modern methods and materials.
Pages in category "Steam locomotives of the United States" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 259 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Individual locomotive classes use the relevant country, railway company or wheel arrangement category. Generic types of steam locomotive e.g. 'Mallet' or 'Crampton', use 'Steam locomotive types' Locomotive systems or technologies e.g. 'Boiler feedwater' or 'steam circuit', use 'Steam locomotive technologies'
Steam locomotives continued however to be used for industrial purposes. The last steam locomotive was used at the Julia coal mine in 1975. In Poland, on non-electrified tracks, steam locomotives were superseded almost entirely by diesels by the 1990s. A few steam locomotives, however, operate in the regularly scheduled service from Wolsztyn ...
The steam locomotives of British Railways were used by British Railways over the period 1948–1968. The vast majority of these were inherited from its four constituent companies, the " Big Four ". In addition, BR built 2,537 steam locomotives in the period 1948–1960, 1,538 to pre-nationalisation designs and 999 to its own standard designs.
Fowler 5265 (1886), oldest operating steam locomotive from Tasmania at Don River Railway. SAR Yx class 141 (1892), oldest operating steam locomotive from South Australia at Pichi Richi Railway. VR H class H220 (1941), largest locomotive built in Australia and the largest non-articulated steam locomotive to run on Australian railways
This category is intended for generic types of steam locomotive e.g. 'Mallet', 'compound', 'Crampton', 'Kriegslok', etc. Individual classes of locomotive should be grouped in the relevant country, company or wheel arrangement category. Trains portal