An inspection locomotive was a special type of locomotive designed to carry railroad officials on inspection tours of the railroad property.
Inspection locomotive of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, a 4-4-2 "Atlantic" type.
ChS1-073 at the Novosibirsk Railway museum
ChS2-101 with modified body in Novosibirsk
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, 4-4-2 represents a configuration of a four-wheeled leading bogie, four powered and coupled driving wheels, an
Inspection locomotive
…Inspection locomotive of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, a 4-4-2 "Atlantic" type. An inspection locomotive was a special type of locomotive designed to carry railroad officials on inspection tours of the railroad…
Milwaukee Road class A2 no. 919, built 1901
NMBS/SNCB Class 12 No. 12004, c. 1940