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Other steam workhorses???

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Other steam workhorses???
Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 5, 2006 9:20 AM
Other than the 2-8-0 consolidated class engine, what other class of engine would have seen normal duity pulling a coal drag, or freight cars?
Looking for smaller classes engine from the area of PRR, P&LE, LACKAWANNA, LEHIGH VALLEY, MON VALLEY, NKP...
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 5, 2006 1:02 PM
On the PRR L1s class mikados were used on coal drags following the H8,H9 consolodations.
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Posted by spankybird on Monday, June 5, 2006 8:49 PM
NYC sure like Hudsons, and NKP liked Berks

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Posted by phillyreading on Thursday, June 8, 2006 9:25 AM
The Reading Lines used a rebuilt ISo steam locomotive called a T1 & it was a
4-8-4, weighed close to 404 tons with tender, and used anthricite coal( a harder grade of coal).

Lee F.
Interested in southest Pennsylvania railroads; Reading & Northern, Reading Company, Reading Lines, Philadelphia & Reading.

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