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What is your favorite non 4-8-4 streamliner.
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I asked for a non 4-8-4 because I know most of the answers would be <br />N&W's J class, & SP's GS-2 through 6 series. I know both engines were a <br />sucess & big favorites. No.4449 was also the steam train who got the <br />title "Most beautiful train in the world". The N&W's J class (NO.116 is preserved) <br />was the most powerful 4-8-4 (At 6000hp), had the greatest tractive effort <br />(80,000lb) making it easy to start on it's hilly terrain, could travel up to 90mph, <br />could, handle up to a 2% grade, & had a winner style. I dont know if NYC's <br />nigara series counts as a streamliner, but they were popular being efficent. <br />Surprisingly ,no steam train could enter the city that they were named after, by <br />law, not even the 20th Century limited !
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