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[quote user="Murphy Siding"]     What can anybody tell me about some of the locomotives that looked better on paper, than in real service. --<snip>--  the Baldwin Centipede,[/quote] One of the things I have wondered for a long time is, what were the actual "failings" of the centipede? Seems like every book I've ever read presenting itself as an authoritative reference on motive power  makes an obligatory mention of the centipede, presenting it as more of a footnote than anything else, without any real facts or case history explaining why it bombed. Forced to guess I've always assumed that the weight, distributed over so many axles, actually  hindered adhesion, despite having so many extra  contact points (wheels) from which to apply tractive effort to the rail. Just curious.
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