can anyone help me with what the "goat" pulled aaround the rails in the VIRGINIA AND OR UTAH area around the late '30s to early '40s ? Any help would be appreciated thank you
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ho>o can anyone help me with what the "goat" pulled aaround the rails in the VIRGINIA AND OR UTAH area around the late '30s to early '40s ? Any help would be appreciated thank you
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For anybody not familiar with the goats in question, look for reading rr. No 31 at Strasburg rr. To see a camelback goat. Now . The only 0-4-0 types outside of the northeast were end cabs. Usually tank type for the added weight.
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Dave is right: Nothing.
Nothing with the information provided. This is the same question that was asked in the "value of Mantua goat" thread. If the OP can give us a hint where he got this cryptic info, or what the connection is between Utah and Virginia, maybe we can unravel this. With no further info, it remains a mystery.
For the record, Strasburg Rail Road 31 is not a Camelback. It is CN 0-6-0 7312, obtained more than 50 years ago and renumbered Strasburg 31 by removing the first and last digits.
Strasburg Rail Road number 4 is ex RDG class A-4b Camelback 0-4-0 1187, built originally for the Philadelphia & Reading in 1903.
Tom
Note that in even one well known case, the tank was removed from some 0-4-0's and a tender added - I'm talking about the well known B&O "Dockside" 0-4-0T. Rivarossi actually sold both versions - the tank engine and the later converted tender version. This one ranks up there with the Big Boy in terms of more model versions made than ever actually existed - IIRC there were only 4 of the real thing, 2 got converted to conventional tenders.
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Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
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