Thank You very much for the nice words, and for great and readable reply!
I had knowing so much arresting things by You!
A couple of them I too known and couple of the names and wheel arrangements can be found in ours, in Hungary. For example:
4-6-0: Ten-Wheeler => MÁV-number: 328 series / MÁV - mean: Magyar Államvasutak = Hungarian Railway Company /
It’s a beautiful, pointed nose steam locomotive…
In ours the wheel-arrangement named ot “Hungaria” too.
4-6-2: Pacific : MÁV-number is 301 series
It’s too a nice locomotive, and very slim. like as a goooood woman…
But my favorite:
4-8-0: MÁV-number is 424 series
… the legendary 424, “who” in the year 1932. in Paris on the World-Presentation had gain the “grand-price” and the “beauty-price”! The locomotive series are called “Bivaly” / in English buffalo / , or “Nurmi”, like as the old, Polish Olympic runner champion.
And we had got a locomotive series: the MÁV 411 series / 2-8-0 / that we named “Thruman” / like as the old President of USA /, because we had buy from the USA-Army after the Normandia disembarkation / D-day / … It costed in junk-price: 6 fillér/kilogramms
Just You mean:
1 fillér = 0,02 US$ just 2 cent
1 kilogram (kg) = 2,203 pound
If you are interested in it, then I will show some pictures!
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QUOTE: Originally posted by Sask_Tinplater
Anita,
Welcome to the forums. It’s always great to see a woman who is interested in railways. We have a couple of other female members on as well.
As for nicknames, I don’t believe that there is a website out there that gives a list of them, but I can tell you some. Most steam locomotives had a nickname for their wheel arrangement. Below are the most common.
4-4-0: American
4-4-2: Atlantic
4-4-4: Reading (Jubilee in Canada)
2-6-0: Mogul
2-6-2: Prairie
4-6-0: Ten-Wheeler
4-6-2: Pacific
4-6-4: Hudson
2-8-0: Consolidation
2-8-2: Mikado
2-8-4: Berkshire
4-8-0: Twelve-Wheeler
4-8-2: Mountain
4-8-4: Northern
2-10-0: Decapod
2-10-2: Santa Fe
2-10-4: Texas (or a Selkirk in Canada)
2-6-6-6: Allegheny
4-6-6-4: Challenger
2-8-8-4: Yellowstone
4-8-8-4: Big Boy
Of course, various specific steam locomotives that operated on certain railroads had their own nicknames. All I can think of right now are New York Central’s 4-8-4’s, which were called Niagras and 4-8-2’s, which were called Mohawks. There are plenty of others out there, though.
As for diesels and electrics, here are some that I know of, but they are by no means all of them. There are some diesel railcars that are called doodlebugs. SW and NW series switchers, when paired up with B units that didn’t have a cab, are called a cow and calf. Some very small diesel switchers are called critters. Baldwin DR-12-8-3000 type diesel locomotives were called centipiedes because they are very long and have many wheels. The Milwaukee Road had some electric locomotives (I don’t actually know what the proper name for them is) that were called Little Joes. Joe refers to Joseph Stalin because the locomotives were originally intended to be sent to the USSR. Baldwin DR-6-4-2000 diesel locomotives are called sharks because of the shape of the
You are very welcome Anita. I would certainly love to see some pictures. I love trains of all types from around the world, especially steam. I am familiar with the 424 class. Your post has prompted me to read up more on Hungarian railways in the books I have that give mention to them. You are lucky that steam lasted in Hungary as long as it did. Here in North America, all the major railroads stopped using steam locomotives
I’ m happy, how I had succeed to prompt to get to know for European, and especially Hungarian railways! (Was I phrase good myself?) You are decent!
Recently I had forgot about the 411 class - you know, the “Thruman” locomotive - , how it was named in USA S-160 class. If I know it well, they forgot at home in the big upheaval, and hurrying, 4 units. You too may to see in either museum…!
Ours the last steam locomotive by train, by timetable had runned in July of 1984!!
It was a “Bivaly”, number 424 - 334.
What about it?
Of course don’t think, how we stayed on this level…, nowadays we have got some “Taurus” engine, made by Siemens, MÁV number: 1047 class.
Now, Sask!
Which onto topic shall I put the pictures, or shall I send just for You?
Well, you could send me the pictures directly. But, if the pictures are online, then you could post them here and let everyone see them.
The Truman S-160 class is an engine that most of the world seems to have in common. The United States, Britain, Turkey, Italy, Austria, India, China, Korea, Greece, Russia and even Jamaica also used them. There were also the S-118 “MacArthur” 2-8-2’s and the USATC 0-6-0T’s that ended up getting all over the world after World War II, but I don’t think that Hungary got any of them.
Remember in February 1967 a ride behind double headed GG-1 Electrics from Penn Station to Washington Union Station while onboard the Florida Special destined to Miami. Also rode behind single GG-1 electrics many times in New York - Washington and New York Harrisburg. They seemed to exert little effort bringing the heaviest of trains to their destinations on time. Have ridden behind all of Amtraks successors except for Acela and can’t wait to try that.
Hello GG1 fans, I have now got alot of pictures of GG1s. If anyone wants any please email me and I will email them to you. My email is richardtrains@comcast.net