10 Locomotives That Are Sadly Extinct | History in the Dark

Many locomotive types have been rendered extinct over the years. Here's 10 of them.

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[atsflegit]

I respect Perlman. Even though he had to scrap the jewels that were the Hudson and Niagara, he helped pull the Central into the diesel era long enough.




Although I do think that there should at least be a replica of a Hudson or Niagara that's as big as the thing itself. They truly were the ghosts of the rails.

[davidstrawn]

22:18. Edward is my favorite character too. Yes, it maybe sad that his basis were scrapped, but cheer up, there are few 4-4-0's that resembles Edward in the UK (and one in Netherlands) in existence today. Such as the North British Railway K class (LNER D34) "Glen Douglas" 256 in Riverside Museum in Glasgow (the city where Furness Railway K2s were built), The LNER D40 preserved in Bo'ness, the LSWR T9 that is built older than FR K2, and of course the Netherlands 4-4-0 that was built by Sharp Stewart and is also the Furness Railway K2's older brother, and cab similar to Edwards' cab.

[Tom-Lahaye]

Whenever the T-1 project is a success and new builds can take off in the US like they do in the UK, the streamlined Hudson would be the number 1 on my list for the next project.
There are many Pacifics, Berkshires and Northerns in preservation, but apart from the Canadian #2816 on tour trough the US a Hudson is a long lost sight on US railroads.

[RepublicofNevada]

At lease the PRR Class T1 is coming back and the newest engine #5550.

[zaklex]

Apparently Perlman's bean counters completely forgot about charitable tax right offs...which would've been far more lucrative than scrapping.

[thejdmguru]

The closest thing to the Niagaras today would probably be both the UP FEF series, and the SAR Class 25NCs which was recently talked about by Train of Thought (hint, hint)

[ktipuss]

25:05 Ironically, despite the Victorian S Class being deposed off the "Spirit of Progress" by diesels, when that train started running through New South Wales after conversion to Standard Gauge in 1962, its Goulburn-Canberra Division ran for several years behind (wait for it) a 19th Century (P) 32 Class loco!

[haydendegrow]

It's sad losses like these that make me want to invent a time machine and go back to when these mighty machines were around... The Niagaras, the Hudsons, the S-Class, the T1s? TOSS ME THE KEYS, MARTY! THE DELOREAN IS MINE FOR THE DAY!

[ericzaiz]

Boy! Wheres my Milwaukee Road Class A? Why isn't the Hiawatha Atlantic Locomotive on here!

[PiersDJackson]

The Victorian Railways may have only built four of the S class, and one of the similarly important H class, but all five were restricted by their axleloading to specific route corridors. If the War hadn't interfered it's believed that the S class would have numbered a minimum of twelve, and the H class at eight, to run the Spirit of Progress on the North East line, and the Overlander to Adelaide. In both cases the locomotives were to be exchanged at significant points rather than refuelling en-route.

[cathiecretella]

Another EM-1 was also almost preserved: #659 was featured in a B&O museum booklet for future steam exhibits in the late 50’s and early 60’s. There was sadly a mixup in communication about the locomotives status and she sat in storage until 1961 hoping for the chance to be preserved. But she was scrapped that year and was one of the last EM-1s left. A tragedy that none of these massive yellowstones were preserved as they would have been a nice addition to the small set of big articulated engines still around. Rest in piece the B&O brutes.

[matthewlastrapes]

Great job on video love watching them I hope someday 610 will run again as well

[Luckyblox]

5:00 arent the 765 NKP and 1225 berkshires?

[CincinnatiSouthernProductions]

Great video but here’s a little bit of a correction for you. The two tenders from the L&N big Emmas are not the only two survivors. They’re just the only unmodified ones. A few more survive and are used behind excursion engines today. 611, 261, 765, one is on display at Clifton forge, with 614 and one is owned by Kentucky Steam.

[mikewolf]

It's amazing how some of these railroads bought steam locomotives in the late 40s and within 8 years scrapped them.

[harrisonofcolorado]

9:08 Me when I'm playing an online game and a guy by the name of "あなたはめちゃくちゃです" joins

[kevinkern]

If I were to add to this list, I'd nominate the Milwaukee Road class A Atlantics, the main rival to the NYC Hudsons for most famous steam streamliner. Almost synonymous with the name of the train they were built to pull, "Hiawatha, " these four locomotives were the fastest and most advanced Atlantics ever built, being legit speed record holders designed for 100 mph+ running. Their successors, the class F7 Hudsons, while perhaps not having the same level of iconic-ness to their look, are also contenders for this list for being even faster and more powerful, capable of sustained 120 mph+ running and possibly (like the PRR T1) exceeding Mallard's speed record. Milwaukee Road seems to have started dieselizing early, at least on passenger services, as all four As and six F7s were scrapped by 1951.

[buecomet]

I WANT DAT STEAM- Alfred E. Perlman

I don't give a shit- Scott the Woz

[FM]

The T1 may be extinct, but it’s making a comeback.

[elsagillespie]

If you look on the Valley Heights locomotive museum's website & look through the photos. I helped to take the photo of the 5711 in the rain...ok I held a Bunning's (Aussie version of Home Depo) umbrella.