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DWBaseball posted:

..... I really like to be able being able to couple onto and back cars out of a spur siding, or to use a passing siding to switch the train direction without turning the locomotive.  I think it would be cool to run some short trains tender-forward (Strasburg-style).  I'm sure they did lots of that back in the real days especially over shorter distances.  

-David

Tender forward running probably would have been extremely rare with big steamers like the Berks. They were not designed for switching duties or to be short haul engines. They moved heavy freights. Really, it would look a little weird seeing a Berkshire running any distance pulling a train in reverse. If you want to do that, you might want to look at a 0-3-0 or 0-4-0.

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