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Joseph Stalin, the locomotive

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Posted by M636C on Saturday, February 20, 2016 9:58 PM

Firelock76

Is not copy of Commodore Vanderbilt or American Berkshire!

2-8-4 type and bathtub streamlining vas inwented in Russia!

Is true, got dat from Boris Badenov!

 

 

In fact the JS was just a passenger version of the much more common FD 2-10-2 which was in turn a lighter version of the Baldwin Tb 2-10-2 purchased as prototype. The use of the 2-8-4 wheel arrangement for a passenger locomotive was based on the need for a low axle load, and owed more to the pre 1914 Austrian 210 and 310 types of 2-6-4 than any USA freight locomotive designs. The Austrians also built a 2-8-4 passenger type, the 214 in 1929 (and one 3 cylinder type 114 which was not a success).

I think we can attribute the streamlining to Eric Kantona, however...

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Posted by Firelock76 on Saturday, February 20, 2016 1:01 PM

Is not copy of Commodore Vanderbilt or American Berkshire!

2-8-4 type and bathtub streamlining vas inwented in Russia!

Is true, got dat from Boris Badenov!

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Joseph Stalin, the locomotive
Posted by DSchmitt on Saturday, February 20, 2016 12:03 PM

I tried to sell my two cents worth, but no one would give me a plug nickel for it.

I don't have a leg to stand on.

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