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Dear Friends, I want to model a train that I found in a book. The train is being pulled by a 2-8-0 built by ALCO in 1911. The loco's number is 88 and it says that the engine weighed 236,000 pounds. I would like to know how fast this engine might be. I would also like to know what the biggest drive wheels on any 2-8-0 might have been during or before 1914. I would like something that is fast if the ALCO is not fast enough. In case your curious, the book is "Night Probe" by Clive Cussler. Thank you Mike
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