Pennsylvania Railroad Class D7
Class D7 (formerly Class A (anthracite), pre-1895) on the Pennsylvania Railroad was a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotive. Fifty-eight were built by the PRR's Altoona Works (now owned by Norfolk Southern) between 1882–1891 with drivers, while sixty-one of class D7a were constructed with drivers. The D7 was fundamentally an anthracite-burning version of the PRR D6 Class D6 (formerly Class K, pre-1895) on the Pennsylvania Railroad was a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotive. Nineteen were built by the PRR's Altoona Works (now owned by Norfolk Southern) between 1881–1883. They were equipped with drivers. Se ..., with a larger fire-grate in order to burn the slower-burning, harder coal. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Pennsylvania Railroad class D07 4-4-0 locomotives D07 Railway locomotives introduced in 1882 Scrapped locomotives Standard gauge locomotives of the United States Steam locomotives of the United States ...
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4-4-0
4-4-0 is a locomotive type with a classification that uses the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement and represents the arrangement: four leading wheels on two axles (usually in a leading bogie), four powered and coupled driving wheels on two axles, and a lack of trailing wheels. Due to the large number of the type that were produced and used in the United States, the 4-4-0 is most commonly known as the American type, but the type subsequently also became popular in the United Kingdom, where large numbers were produced.White, John H., Jr. (1968). ''A history of the American locomotive; its development: 1830-1880''. New York: Dover Publications, pp. 46-. Almost every major railroad that operated in North America in the first half of the 19th century owned and operated locomotives of this type. The first use of the name ''American'' to describe locomotives of this wheel arrangement was made by ''Railroad Gazette'' in April 1872. Prior to ...
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