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The Triplex Locomotives were built for shoving heavy coal trains up short but steep grades. At that service they excelled. They had long idle periods to build up steam, so the small firebox was not a handycap. In fact it was an asset, preventing a crew from wasting fuel. I fail to understand why people insist on considering locomotives a failure because they are unable to perform some duty for which they were not designed. Unfortunately some rather respected magazine editors are in this lot. <br /> <br />The Erie Triplexs had reasonably long lives. The Virginian Triplex lost its job to electrification and because of the limitations of its design was rebuilt into two locomotives.
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