Strasburg Rail Road 4-8-0 Mastodon-type steam locomotive No. 475 pulls a tourist train in Pennsylvania.
Jim Wrinn
4-8-0
•YEARS BUILT: 1890s to 1935
•MANUFACTURERS: Brooks, Rogers, Alco, Baldwin, Norfolk & Western
•OPERATED ON: Jersey Central, Lackawanna, Union Pacific, Winston-Salem Southbound, Norfolk & Western, Delaware & Hudson, Great Northern, Northern Pacific, Illinois Central, Missouri Pacific, Southern Pacific, among others
•NAMES: Mastodon, Twelve-Wheeler
•QUANTITY: About 600; Norfolk & Western had the most with 286 on the roster
•BOILER PRESSURE: 180 psi
•KNOWN FOR: Key freight locomotive; displaced in the early 1900s by bigger power
•STATUS: Several in museums, one in operation on the Strasburg Rail Road in Strasburg, Pa.
