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Hello all,    I was recently thinking about 3 cylinder steam (Not including Shays) and got to thinking, 3 cylinder steam had it's brief era in the US, mainly in the 1920's, and we all hear about maintenance issues with the center cylinder, along with the center running gear, and so it was unpopular with many US railroads.    My question is why did the design take off in Europe? European 3 cylinders obviosly had the same problems that US ones had to deal with, so why did they turn out so well? There are even some 3 cylinder excursion steam locos operating in Europe today, and even the famous "Mallard" was a three cylinder. (Yes, I know the Mallard had issues with the center running gear after her 126 mph run) In fact some european railroads went a bit further with 4 cylinder locos! (Two cylinders in the middle) And yet seemed to have no problems with these, either! Thanks for helping answer my question! Amazing how opposite the results were with the same idea!
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