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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by Tulyar15 Back in the 1980's the National Railway Museum, York restored a couple of old single driving wheel locos to work ording, both 4-2-2's. I saw the Midland "Spinner" in steam at the Rainhill cavelcade in 1980 (held to mark the 150th anniversary of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway) but I dont think I ever saw the Great Northern Stirling single in steam. It was loaned to the preserved Great Central Railway for a couple of years. With its 8' driving wheels it went like a rocket - they had a job keeping its speed down to 25mph! (the maximum speed most preserved lines are allowed to operate at). They quickly made a rule it had to be pulling at least 4 bogie passenger cars to provide enough brake force! [/quote] Yes but what was the starting tractive effort like? It couldn't have been very high.
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