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Reply to "This is the steam locomotive I'd like to see on the rails again."

Originally Posted by Bryan Smith:

Ed, I knew you would have selected a N&W locomotive.

The N&W had so many fine units to choose from.

The N&W is lucky to have you as one of her ambassadors. 

 

Allow me to challenge you to pick your favorite non-N&W engine that you would like to see on the rails again.

 

Thanks for the kind words, Bryan . . .

 

The non-N&W locomotive I'd like most to see would be a Seaboard R-2 2-6-6-4.

 

A few decades ago I worked with some folks who had fired and run them, and for designers to put together a locomotive that would do what those engines would do within the limits of a 55,000 pound axle load limit was not something that I think Alco nor Lima could have done.  But Baldwin did.

 

I pick the R-2 over the R-1 for esthetic reasons; they had the Walschaerts valve gear which I always thought was "prettier" than Baker, although I know that operationally, mechanically and maintenance-wise,  Baker was better.

 

BTW - I'd rather see PRR E6 460 than the 1361 although the K4 would be a real treat.  Thirty-five years ago I would have liked to fire the 460 for a few miles, just to see what it was like.

 

EdKing

 

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