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CShaveRR
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Posted by CShaveRR on Sunday, March 5, 2006 4:59 PM
I have heard names for the other three locomotive types listed, and, although some wheel arrangements have more than one name, I don't think I've heard even one for a 2-10-2. So that's my guess, too.

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Posted by cherokee woman on Sunday, March 5, 2006 9:49 AM
I'll guess #2
Angel cherokee woman "O'Toole's law: Murphy was an optimist."
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Posted by espeefoamer on Saturday, March 4, 2006 2:45 PM
I'll take a chance and guess 2-10-2.
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, March 4, 2006 12:12 AM
3/3/06

What type of locomotive was known as the Colorado type?

1. 2-10-4
2. 2-10-2
3. 4-10-2
4. 2-8-8-2
2-10-4 Also called a 'Texas'. Built by Baldwin in 1927-29 these were the most powerful locomotives of the Chicago Burlington & Quincy, sadly all 18 were scrapped in 1961.
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Posted by Murphy Siding on Friday, March 3, 2006 7:40 PM
How about 4: The roundhouse?

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Posted by espeefoamer on Thursday, March 2, 2006 6:14 PM
III( Thats3 for those of you from Rio Linda[:)]).
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Posted by vsmith on Thursday, March 2, 2006 4:20 PM
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 2, 2006 2:10 PM
3.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 2, 2006 1:31 AM
#3 coupula
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Posted by CShaveRR on Wednesday, March 1, 2006 11:24 PM
A lantern.

(Though cabooses have had a couple hundred different nicknames, and some of these may have come fairly close to a cage of some sort.)

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 1, 2006 10:02 PM
3/1/06

In rail road slang what is a 'birdcage'?

1. Where the head brakeman sits on a tender with a doghouse
2. A lantern
3. Copula on a caboose
4. Roundhouse
A brakeman's lantern
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 1, 2006 6:25 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by espeefoamer

Never saw a U18B[:(]. Are there any still operating? Did any get preserved? Inquiring minds want to know!

Yes, there are. I can't speak for NdeM, but I do know there's at least one leasing company operating one, and Pickens Railway, a shortline in SC, run 4 or 5. They bought them from CSX.

Go to Railpictures and search "u18b".


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Posted by espeefoamer on Wednesday, March 1, 2006 6:10 PM
Never saw a U18B[:(]. Are there any still operating? Did any get preserved? Inquiring minds want to know!
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, February 27, 2006 9:27 PM
None of those. 118 is close, as it is the number produced minus the number exported to NdeM.

Matt

Edit: Okay. Now the answer is 118.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, February 27, 2006 9:11 PM
2/27/06
How many U18B's did General Electric sell in the US?

1. 50
2. 150
3. 118
4. 203
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Posted by espeefoamer on Saturday, February 25, 2006 1:49 PM
I agree with CShave,Sun Valley,Idaho.The railroad would have been UP and the RR magnate(SP?),Harriman.
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Posted by Murphy Siding on Saturday, February 25, 2006 8:34 AM
I was thinking allong the lines of James J. Hill, somewhere on the Great Northern in Montana? I think the bipolars were on the Milwaukee.[;)]

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Posted by locomutt on Saturday, February 25, 2006 8:16 AM
I'll bet he had a lot of opposition when he wanted to build that attraction !!

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Posted by CShaveRR on Saturday, February 25, 2006 7:29 AM
Railroad magnet?

Did he have an uncommonly strong attraction, was he bipolar, or did he just face north all the time?

I believe you may be asking about Sun Valley, Idaho.

P.S. "Magnate."

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 24, 2006 9:35 PM
Time for an open question.
What famous ski resort was started by a railroad magnate and his Austrian friend, and who was the railroad magnate?
Sun Valley Idaho, discovered by Harriman himself.

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 24, 2006 9:21 PM
Thanks you locomutt, and yes 24.
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Posted by espeefoamer on Friday, February 24, 2006 7:54 PM
24, Same as a Big Boy, or Little Joe.
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Posted by locomutt on Friday, February 24, 2006 7:46 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Lotus098

What is an AS -616?


A 1600 h.p. 6 axle diesel road switcher,built by Baldwin.
The C & O had some,used them around the "hills" in Cheviot
and Cincinnati,Oh;transfer runs to Stevens Yard (Silver Grove,Ky.)
Their's were low geared,heavy "lugging" engines !!
(check the original "Diesel Spotters Guide".)

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 24, 2006 5:37 PM
What is an AS -616?
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Posted by locomutt on Friday, February 24, 2006 9:24 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by CShaveRR

The Mut used to chase Centipedes, I'll bet.
(He's right, of course!)


Unfortunately I never got to see any of those in "real" life,
only pictures;now if you want to talk about chasing AS -616s !!!!

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Posted by CShaveRR on Friday, February 24, 2006 7:49 AM
The Mut used to chase Centipedes, I'll bet.
(He's right, of course!)

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Friday, February 24, 2006 6:37 AM
24!

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Posted by locomutt on Thursday, February 23, 2006 10:12 PM
No. 2 - 24

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 23, 2006 9:15 PM
2/23/05

How many wheels were on a Baldwin Centipede?

1. 20
2. 24
3. 12
4. 18

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Posted by vsmith on Thursday, February 23, 2006 3:13 PM
1950's?

Yeah Rock Island sounds about right,they went everywhere in the midwest

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