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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by daveklepper</i> <br /><br />Again, the C&O 2-10-4's were better than the PRR's because they had rear-truck boosters. But certainly, 2-10-4's originally called Texas types because the first were on the Texas Pacific, were a widely applied long-wheel-base non-articulated, used by more than a few railroads, and used on mountains and on the level in a wide variety of freight service, and many lasted well into the diesel era, not being the first to be scrapped, like the duplexes. <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />And the aforementioned T&P 600's lasted until they had enough diesels to replace them. <br /> <br />BTW, the class was designed to provide a replacement for the 2-10-2's that could not negotiate Baird Hill (out by Abilene--a long hard pull--sort of the T&P version of Sherman) without either a helper or doubling. The 600's were very successful at it and wound up all over the length of the line. There's a post-WW2 AAR film that was reproduced on video a few years back showing a 600 rounding the curve off the Trinity River bridge onto Dallas UTCo trackage; look closely and you'll see it's the 610--the only one left, which pulled the AFT in TX, spent some time on the SOU, and now resides preserved on the Texas State RR in Palestine., where it can't operate because it's too heavy for the bridges.
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