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Locomotive profile: 4-6-0 Ten Wheeler type steam locomotive

By Angela Cotey | February 20, 2020

| Last updated on November 3, 2020

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Nevada Northern Railway Ten Wheeler type No. 40 steams upgrade from Ely, Nevada, in 2016.
Nevada Northern Railway Ten Wheeler type No. 40 steams upgrade from Ely, Nevada, in 2016.
4-6-0

•YEARS BUILT: 1850-1923

•MANUFACTURERS: Baldwin, Rogers, Illinois Central, Brooks, Alco, Pennsylvania Railroad, Canadian Locomotive Co., others

•OPERATED ON: Most major and some smaller railroads in high speed passenger service and/or slow-speed freight service

•NAME: Ten Wheeler

•QUANTITY: 16,000

•BOILER PRESSURE: 180 psi

•KNOWN FOR: A popular, versatile locomotive used in freight and passenger service, and in commuter service during its later years.

•STATUS: Some in museums, and several still operational, notably Nevada Northern 40, Chicago & North Western 1385

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