Top 10 Fastest American Steam Locomotives

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[davidstrawn]

The SP 4449 and N&W 611 are my two favorites! It is sad that all six Milwaukee Road F7 locomotives were scrapped, and that's why I honestly hate Milwaukee Road in my opinion. I would love to Imagine Daylight 4449 and the F7 class Hiawatha steam engine (if would've be preserved) would remind me of Gordon and Spencer from Thomas and friends!

[dipwad]

Is this a list of the top 10 fastest steam locomotives or a list of you 10 favorite steam locomotives? Because there are a lot more faster engines than 90mph in the US.

[saiprakash]

Brother there was a locomotive in pensilvania railroad called S-1 duplex it was doing 156mp/hr (or)250km/hr. It was a compatetor to T-1 class.

[josephlindquist]

YOU NEED TO WORK ON YOUR PUBLIC SPEAKING. HALF OF THE TIME YOU ARE UNITELLIGIBLE. THE REST OF THE TIME YOU HAVE A MOUTFULL OF POTATOES OR SEVERAL FROGS IN YOUR THROAT. YOU NEED TO SPEAK IN A CLEAR EVEN VOICE WITH CLEAN ARTICULATION.

[SkillsProductions-rfnz]

Union Pacific 844 has a top speed of 120mph not 85mph

[warrenash]

The PRR T1 represents the pinnacle of steam locomotive design in the United States. These locomotives had the capability of achieving speeds in excess of 120 mph, and anecdotal reports indicate that speeds of up to 140 mph were attained. None survive today. However, the T1 Trust is raising money to build a brand new T1 from original plans. They plan to do steam railfan trips with it.

[Texas_and_Pacific]

Union Pacific fefs had a top speed of 120 mph. They were specifically designed to be able to handle twenty something passenger cars at 90 so that top speed of 85mph doesn’t line up.

[patrickwhalen]

There are anecdotal reports of PRR T-1s exceeding 140 mph in regular service between Crestline, OH, and Chicago, IL.

[seeleymainline]

If I can please make a small interjection the Union Pacific FEF 844 was clocked at 124mph during testing and the t1 class was estimated to top out at 157mph but they never took it to that speed

[kirkistief]

The N&W J class 611 was originally restored in 1982 and put into excursion service until the late 1990s, when it was retired again and placed on display under a cover at the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke. It was re-restored in 2015.

[jamesmccarthy]

The Drefuss Hudson (Used for the 20th Century limited) is sometimes argued to be faster than Mallard since the Hudson can be run at 123 mph with no issues while the Mallard was known to sustain damage from constant speeds over 100.

[Spud]

the Hiawatha, PRR T1, J3a Hudson, Milwaukee road F3, and many more were well capable of 80mph. Even locomotives back in the 1880s were breaking that speed on a regular basis. 80mph really isn't that fast. The entirety of this list should be at least 110mph with how technology progressed in later years.

[patricesmith]

A train is not a train if you’re just referring to the locomotive

[samsmodelworkshop]

Good video, I cannot get over how you said Oregon though😅

[theblackbear]

Just in case you were not aware:
The "Daylight" Paint scheme on the 4449 harkens back to her assignment pulling Southern Pacific's "Daylight Limited" -
the express train from Los Angeles to San Francisco, California along the "Coast Route".

[larrybrennan]

Savannah, Florida & Western No. 110, a 4-6-0, covered five miles in two and a half minutes near Screven, Georgia, in 1900. (That's 120 mph.)

[theidahonortherngardenrail]

The Big Boys were never used for passenger service. They were built for pulling LONG freight trains. So UP4014 shouldn’t even be mentioned in this video. Considering all the errors mentioned already, Phantom should redo or pull this video.

[davefrompa]

The design top speed of the Union Pacific 4-8-4's was about 100 mph. 844 ran that fast on test, and probably at least close to that in regular service when making up time. 815 ran 102 mph with a thousand ton train, including a dynamometer car, in 1938. The occasion was an Association of American Railroads test. There are several books recording this, including " The Mighty 800 " by William W. Kratville, "Locomotive Practice and Performance in the Twentieth Century" by Cecil J. Allen, and "Giants of Steam" by Jonathan Glancey.

[JimmyLoose]

Why dos the audio on this video sound like you recorded it on your toilet?

[heidilupo]

what is the fastest steam train in the world