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Well, let's face facts. We're basically talking buggy whips here anyway. (Hmmm, cones and whips, you're right. It is Madonnaistic.) <br /> <br />But for posterity sake, I thing the best solution would be to go cab-forward, firebox up front supported by the lead truck, then the drivers (whatever combination), and thus no need for a trailing truck, so most of your weight is on the drivers, and the drivers can be as tall as desired. In retrospect, I'm kinda suprised some of the other roads with oil burning engines didn't adopt the cab forward principle, especially GN's Portland bound engines via SP&S, since the operating philosophy of GN was to put as much weight on the drivers as possible. <br /> <br />Now, a cab forward Hiawatha Hudson or a cab forward Challenger, that would have been something. But without the trailing truck, what would their designation have been?
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