Union Pacific UP 9000. 12 coupled Steam Locomotive (4–12–2).

UP 9000 had the longest rigid wheelbase in North America.

Dr John Frederick Rose
ILLUMINATION-Curated
2 min readJan 2, 2023

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The prototype, UP 9000, as preserved at the Los Angeles County Fairplex in Pomona, California. CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=137037 (Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license).
Front view of UP 9000. The third cylinder and the Gresley conjugated valve gear that controls it can be seen below the smokebox. CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=137035 (Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license).

Union Pacific UP 9000
twelve coupled (4–12–2),
Longest rigid wheelbase in
North America and…

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Dr John Frederick Rose
ILLUMINATION-Curated

Love poetry, forests and my garden. Managing health by diet and exercise. Interested in ideation, social and technology interactions.