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Baldwin 2-8-0 : how much did it pull& what was it used for?
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The 2-8-0 is and was a popular excursion locomotive becuase there are still quite a few out there. Grand Canyon uses two 2-8-0s and sometimes will doublehead them on a train. Tennessee Valley Railway Museum uses ex-Army 2-8-0 610 with about a 4 or 5 car train and is currently restoring Southern 630 (yet another 2-8-0) for use on their passenger excursions. Smokey Mountain Railway currently uses ex-Army and ex-Reader 2-8-0 (cannot remember the number) and is currently restoring ANOTHER Southern 2-8-0 number 722. Both Southern 722 and 630 were used in Southern's excursion program during the 70's and ran quite alot on the mainline. <br /> <br />Maybe your 2-8-0 can belong to a local museum that has trackage rights on your BNSF main. Then you can paint or decal your passenger cars for Burlington or Santa Fe (which ever matches your loco) or maybe your museum volunteers don't come out much so you can weather your Amtrak cars to look old and rusty (seen that plenty of times on museum trains). As for pulling freight... that's done often for photographer's specials but, it is usually done with equipment tha would match the locomotive's era. You MIGHT be able to pull of using the 2-8-0 pulling freight from today for reasons such as ferry moves or lack of diesels to pull the train. <br /> <br />One very important thing to note is that the engine has small drivers. This means you will need to keep the speed a little lower than your normal mainline speed as the engines were lucky to do 40mph in regular service.
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