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No. 1225 is an N-1 class 2-8-4 steam locomotive built in October 1941 by Lima Locomotive Works in Lima, Ohio (LLW) at a cost of $200,000 for the Pere Marquette Railway (PM). [1] PM ordered this wheel arrangement type in three different locomotive classes from Lima: class N in 1937 (Nos. 1201–1215), [ 3 ] class N-1 in 1941 (Nos. 1216–1227 ...
Another 2–8–4, Pere Marquette 1225, has also been restored to operating condition, and runs regular excursions with the Steam Railroading Institute in Owosso, Michigan. As of April 2024, C&O 2716 was undergoing restoration by the Kentucky Railway Museum .
The Pere Marquette 1223 is a N-1 class 2-8-4 "Berkshire" type steam locomotive built in November 1941 by the Lima Locomotive Works for the Pere Marquette Railway, it is on permanent display in Grand Haven, Michigan.
Two-year-old Oliver Crofoot is facinated by the steam produced by the Pere Marquette 1225 steam engine as it idles in the Village of Ashley Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015.
The Pere Marquette Railway ... PM 1223 - 2-8-4 "Berkshire" displayed at Chinook Pier in Grand Haven, Michigan. PM 1223 is the oldest surviving example of the 2-8-4s ...
Chesapeake and Ohio class N-3 ex-Pere Marquette Railway 2-8-4; Class T: 2-10-4. Class T was used for a single class of 2-10-4 "Texas" types
The 2-8-4 design was quickly adopted by the New York Central, Erie Railroad, Illinois Central, Pere Marquette, Boston & Maine, Chesapeake & Ohio and the Nickel Plate Road. [ 5 ] The Nickel Plate Road was able to eventually employ 80 Berkshires on high-speed freight and passenger trains with the first order (designated S Class) 15 were supplied ...
The Advisory Mechanical Committee (AMC) formulated a 2-8-4 design, named the K-4 class. [2] The K-4s were reproduced from the AMC's previous designs for the Nickel Plate Road 's (NKP) 700 series 2-8-4s and the Pere Marquette Railway 's (PM) 1200 series 2-8-4s, but the K-4s were equipped with boosters to increase their tractive effort, and their ...