Legendary Locomotives
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Why This EXPLOSION BANNED This 60,000 Gallon Rail Whale
Why Locomotives STILL SURVIVE 100+ Year Old Bridges
Why Railroads FEARED Amtrak's New Locomotive
Engineers Laughed at His 'Ridiculous' Locomotive, Then It Conquered American Logging
Why Amtrak's New Electric Locomotive FAILED Completely
How This LOCOMOTIVE EXPLODED After ONE Ignored Warning
How SOUTHERN PACIFIC 704 Became The DEADLIEST Locomotive Boiler Disaster
Why Railroads HATED EMD's 'Upgraded' SD50
Why Railroads BANNED Amtrak’s New Locomotive
How HORRIFYING Was the PRR K4s Really?
How POISONOUS Was The PRR GG1 ACTUALLY?
How BAD Was The PRR T1 ACTUALLY?
Why Did The PRR S2 TURBINE FAIL ACTUALLY?
How DEADLY Was The N&W J-Class ACTUALLY?
How DEADLY Was Milwaukee's Hiawatha F7 ACTUALLY?
How POWERFUL Was The PRR Q2 ACTUALLY?
How DEADLY Was The Camelback Locomotive ACTUALLY?
The Forgotten Locomotive That DOMINATED Big Boy & Allegheny
This Locomotive NEVER Made It Home For THANKSGIVING
Why American and European Locomotives Are So Different?
How DEADLY Was MALLARD ACTUALLY?
This Canadian MONSTER Was MORE POWERFUL Than Big Boy
How DEADLY Was The Triplex ACTUALLY?
Why Big Boy Was RETIRED At It's PEAK POWER
The FORGOTTEN BEAST That Challenged Big Boy
How DEADLY Was The YELLOWSTONE ACTUALLY?
Why British Locomotives Would’ve STRUGGLED in America
The Locomotive So LOUD It Was BANNED From Cities
How DEADLY Was The CAB FORWARD ACTUALLY?
Why The PRR S1 Failed WORSE Than The T1