Civil War to 1900

Air Brake - 1877

Janey Coupler - 1882 to 1899

ICC - 1887

Common Steam engine types

• 4-4-0 American
• 2-8-0 Consolidation
• 2-6-0 Mogol
• 4-6-0 Ten Wheeler

  Most freight and passenger cars are wooden

TRRA formed by O&M (B&O), CCC&StL, L&N, MP, StLI&S, Wab

1900 till end of WW I

1900 - Casey Jones RIP

Common New Steam engine types

• 4-4-2 Atlantic
• 2-6-2 Prarrie
• 4-6-2 Pacific
• 2-8-2 Mikado

• 1917 - StLI&S -> MP

Passenger cars are made of steel.

Post WW I to 1930

• 2-10-2
• 4-8-2 Mountain/Mohawk
• 2-8-4 Berkshire
• 4-6-4 Hudson

Super Power 1930-WW II

Zepher/M1000 1934

Streamliners

• 2-8-4 Berkshire
• 2-10-4 Texan
• 4-8-4 Northern/Niagra
• 4-6-6-4 Challenger
• 4-8-8-4 Big Boy

EMD SW, NW, FT, F3 1939

1940 Alco S-2, RS1, Baldwin VO-1000

1940 M&O + GM&N -> GM&O

E unit 1941

WW II late 1950s

end of steam, first generation Diesels

1946 Alco FA-1, RS-2, PA-1

1946 C&A -> GM&O

1947 PS-1 Boxcar

1948 EMD F7

1949 EMD E8, GP7

1950 Alco RS-3, FA-2

1953 FM Trainmaster, Alco figures out it's 244 bugs (Turbos, Crankshaft, exhast manifold)

1954 EMD GP9

1956 Alco RS-11

1959 EMD GP18 & 20

1959 NC&StL -> L&N

1960s - Second generations diesels

1960 GE U25B

1963 B&O and C&O form Chessie System

1964 N&W takes over Wabash, NKP, others, EMD GP30, Alco C424

1966 April boxcars can not be ordered with roof walks, Oct boxcars can not be built with roof walks.

1967 Alco C636

1968 Penn Central starts, roller bear required on new cars

1969 C&EI -< L&N, MP

1970 CB&Q+GN+NP+SP&S => BN

1970s - Third generation diesels

1971 - Amtrak, Monon -> L&N

1972 - GM&O -> IC

1975 ? Amtrak F40

1976 - Conrail

1980 - SLSF -> BN, Staggers Act

1980 - CRI&P -< C&NW, SP, IAIS

1982 - MP -> UP, Norfolk Southern,

1982-85 cabooses phaseout started, via collective bargain agreements

1983 - L&N, SCL -> Seaboard System

1985 - A&M starts up

1986 - Milw -> Soo, NS Roadrailers start

1987 - Chessie System + Seaboard -> CSX

1989 - MKT -> UP

1990s - A/C Diesels, bye bye cabooses

1990 - CMW -< GWWR, SP

1991 - roller bearings required on hazmat cars.

1993 - AC freight EMD SD70

1995 - BNSF, roller bearings required on all cars.

1996 - SP -> UP

1997 - GWWR -> KCS, TFM privatitized.

1998 - Conrail split up -< CSX NS

1999 - Conrail operations split up

IC -> CN

- MCL is for real!