What am I?

[AggroJones]

Time for an easy one.

I'm the most famous steamer on my railroad.
One of the units in my class is still opreational.
I was arguably one of the most sucessful steam locomotives of all time.
My boiler face has a pretty unqiue feature.

[Anonymous]

ATSF #3751?

[AggroJones]

Chris, No.

[Anonymous]

SP 4-8-4 #4449 ??

[AggroJones]

QUOTE: Originally posted by kbfcsme

SP 4-8-4 #4449 ??

Yes. I was refering to the Espee class GS-4.

[Anonymous]

Who am I?
in 1917, 857 of my brothers went to thier intended home, while 200 of us were orphaned[:(], eventually going to the WM, Erie, Frisco and others.
Wheel arrangement and name?





Sorry the question isnt harder, Its 5 am,I just woke up! [:D]

[M636C]

The SZD class Ye 2-10-0
Known in the USA as a "Russian Decapod"

I thought there were more than 857 delivered - does that include the Canadian built units?

I might be thinking of the numbers including the WWII deliveries!

Peter

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by M636C

The SZD class Ye 2-10-0
Known in the USA as a "Russian Decapod"

I thought there were more than 857 delivered - does that include the Canadian built units?

I might be thinking of the numbers including the WWII deliveries!

Peter

We have a winner!!
The numbers I spoke of were for 1917 and 1918. 857 delivered, the final 200 were not deliverd because of the Russian revolution.

[AggroJones]

Do you think Bergie will lock this topic too?

He shouldn't, its educational to EVERYONE.

[AggroJones]

I was the last group of steamers bought by my road.
I'm ginormous articulated.
The earlier units of our type burned coal, and the later ones oil.
I'm one of the baddest fast freight locomotives of all time.
SP&S copied our design.

[M636C]

Northern Pacific 2-8-8-4?

Peter

[AggroJones]

QUOTE: Originally posted by M636C

Northern Pacific 2-8-8-4?

Peter

Really? But not that one. Right road.

[M636C]

By a process of elimination,

Northern Pacific 4-6-6-4 classes Z-6 to Z-8

Peter

[AggroJones]

Righto Peter. Isn't that lovely!

[M636C]

OK, I guess it's my turn again!

This was the last and biggest freight locomotive on a big Mid Western road. The locomotives were to a wheel arrangement not that common on new locomotives in the World War II period when they were built. Very simple in appearance without some modern features (no disc drivers, for example) they were still big and powerful. They were built in the road's own shops, and patterned after a very successful rebuild using a 2-10-2 boiler. The twenty new units lasted until the end of steam on the road.

Ask for more clues if needed!

Peter

[AggroJones]

ATSF 5011 class 2-10-4?

[M636C]

I'm going to have to think about my definitions!

I think of AT&SF as a "Western" road because it goes all the way to LA.

I think of Mid- Western as not being that far West!

The road I'm thinking of called itself the "Main Line of Mid America" (and was largely a North-South line). Is there a better description than "Mid Western"?

Please Keep Trying!

Peter

[AggroJones]

Illinois Central 2600 4-8-2?

[M636C]

Correct!

The IC 2600 was a new design based on the IC 2500, which used boilers from 2-10-2s.
The "Mountain" wheel arrangement had almost been replaced by the "Northern" when these locomotives were built, although NYC and CN were still building 4-8-2s.

Peter

[AggroJones]

All of us were copies of a Western railroad's old design.
Only a handful of us were built for use in passenger service.
One of our nicknames is that of a fruit.
I am a BIG steamer in the southeast.

[M636C]

I know the locomotive but I'm a bit uncertain about the road.

Central of Georgia 4-8-4 "Big Apples", built to SP GS-2/GS-6 plans.

Peter

[AggroJones]

Correct, Peter.

[M636C]

OK, I guess it's my turn again.

Another Mid Western road with a north-south route and a strong industrial connection. These are the last new steam freight locomotives built for the road, and look similar to the previous class of Berkshires, but are a smaller locomotive and wheel arrangement. They were built in Ohio at a convenient nearby builder.

Road and wheel arrangement to answer, please.

Peter

[joseph2]

Hmm.Would the railroad be the Detroit,Toledo & Ironton ? Joe G.

[AggroJones]

This? DT&I 2-8-2?

[M636C]

Yes, first time right guys!

I'm impressed! I thought it would be harder to get than that!

They are mentioned in the Lima history and the DT&I history, but it's not that well known.

Somebody else ask one while I think up another!

Peter

[AggroJones]

They had the largest low pressure cylinders used on a US locomotive. Very large for the time they were built. The tenders used on them were unusually small so the locomotives would fit on this eastern road's turntables. These were suprisingly sucessful locomotives.

[M636C]

Virginian Class AE 2-10-10-2 Nos 800 to 809 (48" diameter)

(I cannot lie, I looked it up, but it was the obvious candidate!)

Peter

[AggroJones]

Quick!

[M636C]

OK, Here we go again.

A Southern road's large passenger locomotive officially named after a nickname for the area as a whole, but normally known by two nicknames based on their colouring. The older units carried the name of a piece of clothing.

Shouldn't be too hard!

Peter