Originally Posted by Bryan Smith:
Rich,
IF you had the Berkshire's larger Lima built cousins, like a C&O T1 2-10-4 or a C&O H8 2-6-6-6, do you think you have maintained the maximum track on the Curve without assistance?
I know the PRR J1 class were essentially copies of the C&O T1 and the PRR worked their J1 hard on the Curve.
Of course any of the locomotives you listed would have handled that train unassisted, since they each had far higher HP and greater tractive effort.