Well, I know the photo is in here:
Personally, I think it's the work of 2 people. The first one drew on a big "V" (which I suspect had nothing to do with war victory but rather an industrial accomplishment). Then the second person turned the right leg of the "V" into a "Y" and wrote the rest of it as "O-B _G-I-B" from right to left.
Or maybe the second guy turned the first guy's "Y" into a "V". Who knows.
Trains, trains, wonderful trains. The more you get, the more you toot!
54light15 And why Pacific? Or Atlantic? Mogul? Mikado? I understand Decapod, but those?
And why Pacific? Or Atlantic? Mogul? Mikado? I understand Decapod, but those?
From what I've read, "Atlantic" for a 4-4-2 type comes from the Atlantic Coast Line, the first to use the type. "Pacific" originates with a sale of that type to a railroad in New Zealand, it had to cross the Pacific to get there. "Mikado" for the 2-8-2 types from the fact the first ones made were made for the Japanese railroads.
Mogul? You got me on that one. Aside from the rulers of the old Mogul Empire in India (also called Mughals) I've got no idea how it was applied to a 2-6-0.
Per information at www.steamlocomotive.com, the first designed-from-the-start as a 4-4-2 locomotive was built by Baldwin in 1894 for the Atlantic Coast Line, hence the moniker "Atlantic".
http://www.steamlocomotive.com/locobase.php?country=USA&wheel=4-4-2
As to "Pacific", the first purpose-built units were built for New Zealand Railways by Baldwin in 1901, and in 1902 Missouri Pacific purchased the first 4-6-2 built for use in the United States from ALCO.
http://www.steamlocomotive.com/misc/wheels.php
54light15 Mikado?
Mikado?
IIRC one of the first large batches was built for export to Japan.
The name was changed to "MacArthur" during WWII.
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Paul of Covington 54light15 Yeah, what exactly is being "consolidated?" According to "A History Of the American Locomotive--It's Development:1830-1880" by John H. White, Jr., the locomotive was first ordered by the Lehigh & Mahanoy Railroad, and while the locomotive was being built, they consolidated with the Lehigh Valley Railroad. The locomotive was named in honor of this consolidation.
54light15 Yeah, what exactly is being "consolidated?"
According to "A History Of the American Locomotive--It's Development:1830-1880" by John H. White, Jr., the locomotive was first ordered by the Lehigh & Mahanoy Railroad, and while the locomotive was being built, they consolidated with the Lehigh Valley Railroad. The locomotive was named in honor of this consolidation.
Mystery solved!
Now if I could just figure out where they got the "Ten Wheeler" name from I'd be set!
54light15Yeah, what exactly is being "consolidated?"
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Yeah, what exactly is being "consolidated?" For that matter, what is meant by Manchester "United?" What is exactly does that mean? Not to get off track here.
The stories behind the names of various steam locomotive types are fascinating, going at least as far back as "Consolidation" for a 2-8-0.
I saw that photo of that 1st. Big Boy. That fellow with the chalk looked like he was gonna grab some cookies from a jar. I haved looked for that photo for some time. Any hint of what issue of trains that the Photo is in.
Y6bs evergreen in my mind
From what I've read and heard the "Big Boys" were indeed supposed to be called "Wasatch" types after the mountain range they were meant to cover.
But that unknown ALCO worker with the chalk beat everyone to the punch!
Hi
We all know the story of the guy who wrote Big Boy with a chalk on the front of the first loco when it was ready to get out of the shop in Schenectady .
But what was the original name of the loco when they ordered it ??
I heard Wasatch ( excuse me I am not sure of the spelling ) because the monsters were supoosed to work that area .
Thanks for your help !!!
Louis
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