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New 2-10-4 with DCC on Board

Started by Pacific Northern, July 16, 2008, 12:03:01 AM

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Pacific Northern

Mr. B

Is this a Standard or Spectrum engine? When will pictures be available?
Pacific Northern

pdlethbridge

my guess is regular. After all, didn't real railroads stretch their 2-8-4s to make 2-10-4s?

SteamGene

The first 2-10-4 was a Santa Fe 2-10-2 with the trailing truck swapped for a two axle.  The ATSF used their 2-10-2s for helpers and they thought that adding two extra wheels to the trailing truck would help tracking as the locomotive backed down after cutting loose from the train it was pushing.
OTOH, most 2-10-4s were a Super Power development, like the 2-8-4.
Gene
Chief Brass Hat
Virginia Tidewater and Piedmont Railroad
"Only coal fired steam locomotives"

pdlethbridge


ebtnut

There were some new-built 2-10-4's that were more like stretched 2-10-2's than "superpower".  The T&P engines, like No. 610 of Freedom Train fame, come to mind.  The real biggies, like the C&O and Santa Fe engines, were real monsters of the rails with big drivers for speed and lots of horsepower.

grumpy

Bachman made the Texas 2-10-4  in 1990 . It was not considered a very good loco.
Don

the Bach-man

Dear Don,
It will be now...
Have fun!
the Bach-man