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Quoth TimZ about the C&O: "That's what counts for the stockholders. For the fans, what counts is work done per dollar. We can't compare individual locomotive classes on that basis, but just dividing total ton-miles by total operating costs C&O equalled N&W until 1947 when C&O added the PM." You miss the point, TimZ. Given C&O's topography, it should have done far better than to equal N&W on the ton-miles/operating costs basis. C&O had one EB grade, maximum of 0.57%. N&W had three - Elkhorn (1.4% after 1950, 2.0% before), Alleghany (1.0%) and Blue Ridge (1.2%). N&W had far worse curvature to contend with. And doesn't C&O's power count for anything? 40 T1 2-10-4s? 60 2-6-6-6s? 90 2-8-4s? How much more fashionable could you get? N&W had only 100 lousy old compound 2-8-8-2s and 43 anemic 2-6-6-4s (if you listen to the steam locomotive intelligentsia). Come on. C&O should have mopped up Wall Street with the N&W. Equalling them before the PM acquisition doesn't cut it. Old Timer
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