What am I?

[AggroJones]

Western Maryland I-2 2-10-0?

[M636C]

No, these are a smaller wheel arrangement, built about the same time as the WM locos, and built for the Texas subsidiary of a big Western road which eventually operated them itself.

Peter

[AggroJones]

T&NO C-25 2-8-0?

[M636C]

Right road, wrong locomotive. These were smaller and newer, built about the time the C-25s entered T&NO stock from the Texas Midland.

Peter

[Anonymous]

Where can i find about trains?

[Anonymous]

T&NO 4-6-0?

[M636C]

Guys,

Close but not there yet - even smaller!

And you are taking wild guesses! Check some books!

By the way, Jessie 2004, welcome to the forum! (You should first look at the "Introduction to Trains" pages found down the left of the "Trains.com" homepage!)

Peter

[Anonymous]

Hmmm... maybe a TN&O 2-6-0 Mogul, eventually found on many ESPEE branches until the coming of the GP series diesels?

[AggroJones]

QUOTE: Originally posted by M636C

And you are taking wild guesses! Check some books!

I don't have any books! All I got is the internet!

[M636C]

Sorry about that!

The answer was T&NO Class M-21 2-6-0, built 1928-29.

It was a really strange locomotive, using frames from older Moguls, a new wide firebox boiler, and possibly wheels and (high pressure)cylinders from scrapped 2-6-6-2 s (although that isn't mentioned in Diebert & Strapac's SP listing). It was featured in the Kalmbach "Locomotive Cyclopedia" (Volume 1 - Steam Locomotives) which I recommend. If you ever wondered why certain model locomotives were manufactured in the 1950s and 1960s, it is because that book was available! It has a lot of data on USRA locomotives, which are ideal for manufacturers because their use was so widespread.

I really, honestly thought that that one would be easy, because nobody else was building new 2-6-0s (outside Europe) that late!

The locomotives were far too heavy for branch lines, having thirty tons on each axle. They were sold to SP de Mexico and came back (too heavy) and ended up around Los Angeles. If they had used a new frame and made it a 2-8-0, it would have been a success (and not famous as a failure!).

Somebody else try for an easy one!

And Aggro, too bad you missed out on the Athearn sale - if I hadn't been 15000 miles away, I'd have gone there!

Peter

[Anonymous]

Could I do a Diesel?

I have 2 diesel engines, and was made in Canada. I worked for CP Rail for 10 years before I was retired.

Who am I?

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

There is a seperate diesel thread, but I'll take a guess. Hmmm, made in Canada, some sort of EMD DD35 or DD40?

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Hmmm, made in Canada, some sort of EMD DD35 or DD40?

Nope.

Hint #2: I am a switcher. 13 of me were built.

[AggroJones]

FP7?

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: FP7?

Nope.

#3: I am a centercab switcher. My company was trying to make a entry into the diesel market

[M636C]

Canadian Locomotive Company DT-2 Diesel Hydraulic Switcher.

(They were owned by Fairbanks Morse at some time - )

Peter

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Canadian Locomotive Company DT-2 Diesel Hydraulic Switcher

Bingo!

QUOTE: There is a seperate diesel thread

Thanks for pointing that out. I'll go there next time I do a diesel.

Chris

[AggroJones]

My type name was after the region I operated in.
I was a high speed steamer with fairly large drivers.
We were all scapped by the mid 1950s.
All of us were built by Baldwin, in 2 groups.
We are pretty "plain" looking.

[Anonymous]

Hmmm...
A Santa Fe class 5001 2-10-4 Texas?

[AggroJones]

QUOTE: Originally posted by cjm89

Hmmm...
A Santa Fe class 5001 2-10-4 Texas?

Nope.

[M636C]

NC&StL 4-8-4 "Dixie" Type

Peter

[AggroJones]

QUOTE: Originally posted by M636C

NC&StL 4-8-4 "Dixie" Type

Peter

Nope. Another clue......

"Western".

[Anonymous]

A Union Pacific 4-8-2 Mountain, class MT-73, like the ones BLI are making.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by cjm89

A Union Pacific 4-8-2 Mountain, class MT-73, like the ones BLI are making.

[#ditto] It has to be a UP MT-73 Mountain.

[AggroJones]

QUOTE: Originally posted by 4884bigboy

QUOTE: Originally posted by cjm89

A Union Pacific 4-8-2 Mountain, class MT-73, like the ones BLI are making.

[#ditto] It has to be a UP MT-73 Mountain.

Nope. Weren't UP's mountains built by ALCO?

[M636C]

Santa Fe 3700 class 4-8-2?

Peter

[AggroJones]

QUOTE: Originally posted by M636C

Santa Fe 3700 class 4-8-2?

Peter

No. She's very much covered with goodies.

Another hint.....Our road didn't like the name "Northern", so we went with "Western".

[Anonymous]

It has to be a Rio Grande class M-64 and M-68 4-8-4 "Western".

[AggroJones]

QUOTE: Originally posted by cjm89

It has to be a Rio Grande class M-64 and M-68 4-8-4 "Western".

Yes.