What am I?

[AggroJones]

I agree with Daniel. That or the PRR S-1.

[Anonymous]

I considered the S-1, but there was only one, and bigboy4884 seems to imply plural locomotives.

[andrechapelon]

QUOTE: Originally posted by 4884bigboy

I'll give it a go.

I'm a big passenger steam locomotive, with a very long rigid wheel base.

I pulled crack trains at high speeds, mostly in the eastern half of the United States.

I was built by my own RR, along with my sisters, as somewhat of an experiment.

Unfortunantly, my type didn't have what it took to compete with the diesel and we were all gone by 1954.

What am I?

Other people have identified it correctly as the Pennsy T-1.

So here's another one for you.

I am the largest of my type ever built. I hauled passenger trains in the Midwest. There were only 3 of my class and we were built by ALCO in 1930.

What am I?

[AggroJones]

I'm stumped. Can we get another clue?

[andrechapelon]

QUOTE: Originally posted by AggroJones

I'm stumped. Can we get another clue?

I had 239 smaller sisters in 4 classes.

Need more?

Andre

[Anonymous]

Chicago and Northwestern class E-3 4-6-2 Pacifics

[andrechapelon]

QUOTE: Originally posted by trainjunky29

Chicago and Northwestern class E-3 4-6-2 Pacifics

You got it.

It's your turn.

Andre

[AggroJones]

No wonder i couldn't find it. I didn't even concider it to be a 4-6-2 cause I thought the PRR K5 was the largest Pacific. That CNW E3 was heavier or somthing?

[andrechapelon]

QUOTE: Originally posted by AggroJones

No wonder i couldn't find it. I didn't even concider it to be a 4-6-2 cause I thought the PRR K5 was the largest Pacific. That CNW E3 was heavier or somthing?

The PRR K-5 weighed 328,000 lbs. The C&NW E-3 weighed 347,000 lbs, only 1,000 lbs less that Rutland's L-1 4-8-2's and UP's MT-73 4-8-2's which were middle-weights in the 4-8-2 category.

Andre.

[Anonymous]

I'll try to make this one hard:

My railroad ordered hundreds of my type, but there were only twelve of us. I am the fifth of my class. I had 63 inch drivers, and cylinders 22 inches in diameter.
Hint: I am not an SP AC, MC, or MM; a UP MK; or an N&W A or Y.

Class, wheel arrangement, and number please.

Good luck,
Daniel Parks

[andrechapelon]

QUOTE: Originally posted by trainjunky29

I'll try to make this one hard:

My railroad ordered hundreds of my type, but there were only twelve of us. I am the fifth of my class. I had 63 inch drivers, and cylinders 22 inches in diameter.
Hint: I am not an SP AC, MC, or MM; a UP MK; or an N&W A or Y.

Class, wheel arrangement, and number please.

Good luck,
Daniel Parks

Well, if that's all the info we get, then it could a T-29 4-6-0 of SP subsidiary T&NO. There were 12 built with 63" drivers as class T-28 ( all equipped with 22x28 cylinders). The class was changed to T-29 when the engines had 69" drivers applied. The engine numbers were 388-399. The 5th engine in the series would have been #392. Espee had a total of 651 4-6-0's on its roster at one time or another.

By your criteria, SP(T&NO) #392 qualifies. Whether or not it's the engine you were thinking of, I don't know.

Andre

[Anonymous]

Dear Andre,
The locomotive I had in mind was an SP AM-2 Cab-Forward. However, as the locomotive you came up with met all of my criteria, and it is my fault for being overly vague, I am forced to accept your answer.

Your turn.

Sincerely,
Daniel Parks

[andrechapelon]

QUOTE: Originally posted by trainjunky29

Dear Andre,
The locomotive I had in mind was an SP AM-2 Cab-Forward. However, as the locomotive you came up with met all of my criteria, and it is my fault for being overly vague, I am forced to accept your answer.

Your turn.

Sincerely,
Daniel Parks

HA! At least it was an SP engine.

Actually, you're not forced to accept my answer at all, but what the heck?

I was the last of my in service on my railroad's Pacific Lines. There's a picture of me in a well known book on my railroad. I served west of the Sierras.

What am I?

Happy Thanksgiving.

Andre

[AggroJones]

Southern Pacific AC-11 #4274?

[andrechapelon]

QUOTE: Originally posted by AggroJones

Southern Pacific AC-11 #4274?

You got the railroad right, but not the engine. Apparently I was a bit vague.

I also am of a wheel arrangement long considered obsolete.

Andre

[AggroJones]

4-6-0 #2301?

[Anonymous]

Or possibly one of SP's 2-6-0's?

[andrechapelon]

QUOTE: Originally posted by trainjunky29

Or possibly one of SP's 2-6-0's?

No, but I used the same boiler as one class of 2-6-0's.

Andre

[Anonymous]

An SP 2-8-0?

[andrechapelon]

QUOTE: Originally posted by 4884bigboy

An SP 2-8-0?

Nope.

Andre

[AggroJones]

4-6-0 #2375?

[Anonymous]

One of those 4-8-0s?

[andrechapelon]

QUOTE: Originally posted by AggroJones

4-6-0 #2375?

Nope.

Andre

[andrechapelon]

QUOTE: Originally posted by BoRockhard

One of those 4-8-0s?

No.

Answer is SP second #1502 an E-23 4-4-0. Built in 1900 as #1105, renumbered in 1901 during the general renumbering to # 1445 and renumbered again in 1938 to #1502. There are two pictures of the engine on page 65 of Dunscomb's "A Century Of Southern Pacific Steam Locomotives". 2nd #1502 was scrapped in 1951 and was the last active 4-4-0 on the Pacific Lines of the SP.

Andre

[Anonymous]

three truck shay?
two truck shay?

[Anonymous]

three truck shay?
two truck shay?

[AggroJones]

We were the first real members of our type. I was the first in my batch of 15. All my sisters are dead. I specifically was revived and hauled a famous excursion train in the '70s.


Road number, class, type, railroad.

[andrechapelon]

QUOTE: Originally posted by AggroJones

We were the first real members of our type. I was the first in my batch of 15. All my sisters are dead. I specifically was revived and hauled a famous excursion train in the '70s.


Road number, class, type, railroad.

Texas & Pacific I-1a 2-10-4 #610. Reconditioned to be one of the 3 locomotives handling the "American Freedom Train".

What did I win?

Andre

[Anonymous]

Clues
1.) I appeared mid 19th century
2.) I served in the Rockies and the west coast of the U.S
3.) I replaced a popular older engine because more power was needed
4.) The Rio Grande used me to serve the abundant timber, coal, silver and gold regions of the Colorado Mountains.

What am i?

[Anonymous]

ok, too hard huh? this clue will give it away but...

I was commonly called a 10-wheeler