The "cab-forward" design of steam locomotives, while an innovative idea, was often more trouble than it was worth. This ...

For nearly 47 years the Southern Pacific Railroad relied upon its massive ACtype steam locomotives to haul freight ... giants were constructed with their cab in front of the boiler thus earning ...

All that while, Southern Pacific assembled an ungodly conveyance ... 20-foot snowdrifts by a million-pound, eight-axle cab-forward steam locomotive. In tow were two large cabooses loaded to ...

One of railroadings most spectacular runs took place over the weekend of November 30 1957 when Southern Pacific Cab Forward 4274 left Sacramento for its final journey across Donner Pass This ...