The Frisco

[jguess733]

Thumbing through my copy of Kalmbach's Guide to North American Steam Locomotives I noticed that the St. Louis San Fransico owned very few locomotives with trailing trucks. Was there any particular reason for this?

Jason

[andrechapelon]

Thumbing through my copy of Kalmbach's Guide to North American Steam Locomotives I noticed that the St. Louis San Fransico owned very few locomotives with trailing trucks. Was there any particular reason for this?

Jason

HUH?

The Frisco had Pacifics, Mikados, 2-10-2's, 4-6-4's, 4-8-2's, 4-8-4's.

Now the Kansas City Southern's only locos with trailing trucks were 11 Pacifics and 10 Lima built 2-10-4's, IIRC.

Andre

Andre

[Texas Zepher]

Thumbing through my copy of Kalmbach's Guide to North American Steam Locomotives I noticed that the St. Louis San Fransico owned very few locomotives with trailing trucks. Was there any particular reason for this?

I can't speak for the Frisco, but at one time the GN favored locomotives with no trailing trucks in order to keep as much weight as possible on the driving wheels.  Their home built (from Baldwins) 2-8-8-0s and 2-6-8-0 were prime examples.  Even at that these zero trailing truck locomotives were in the minority.  Most locomotives on the roster were standard configurations.