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chrisr01 (22 posts)
Oct-30-01, 05:15 AM (EST) "steam on marias" does anybody know what types of steal loco's were used on "the pass' in the good old days of steam? Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
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Subject Author Message Date ID RE: steam on marias drjim Nov-05-01 1 RE: steam on marias rpatton Nov-08-01 2

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drjim (10 posts)
Nov-05-01, 06:48 PM (EST) 1. "RE: steam on marias" My guess would be 4-8-4 Northerns for one. I can't remember what GN used (I'm more of an NP fan). But 2-8-8-2 Yellowstones and 4-6-6-4 Challengers were popular western freight engines, along with 4-6-2 Pacifics for light passenger service. I think NP even used a Challenger now and then for passenger runs due to grades and size of trains.I would imagine that GN wasn't all that much different.
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rpatton (9 posts)
Nov-08-01, 11:10 AM (EST) 2. "RE: steam on marias" I cannot give chapter and verse, but my uncles were dispatchers on the Whitefish division and my grandfather died in the yard there in a shunting accident. I recall there being many mallets and later the cab-forward sort, for the pull over the 3 sets of mountains, particularly the Great Divide run in TS. The Northerns were common, too, particularly on the Empire Builder.The Old Professor Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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