Crown Metal Products
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Crown Metal Products was a manufacturer of railroad rolling stock based in Wyano, Pennsylvania. The company was founded by Ken Williams in 1946 and initially sold pot cleaners and then electric fence wires and other products. In 1959, the company began to transition into producing narrow gauge locomotives, a personal interest of Williams. The company went on to produce steam locomotives and passenger cars of various sizes for amusement park railroads. The firm ceased production in 1989; however, much of its rolling stock continues to operate at various locations around the world.
A typical 3 ft (914 mm) gauge Crown Metal Products train in Six Flags St. Louis
A 2 ft (610 mm) gauge Crown Metal Products train in Hersheypark in 1966
A Crown Metal Products 4-4-0 locomotive on display at the Underground in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2013
4-4-0
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4-4-0, in the Whyte notation, denotes a steam locomotive with a wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles, four powered and coupled driving wheels on two axles, and no trailing wheels.
1856 relief sculpture of a 4-4-0 commissioned by the Norris Locomotive Works, depicting an early model prior to the adoption of the covered cab
Remains of a 4-4-0 locomotive of the Richmond & Petersburg Railroad, Richmond Virginia 1865
South Australian Railways S class No. 151, at Murray Bridge in March 1951
Finnish Class A4 locomotive of 1872