Just caught a glimpse of her leaking steam from everywhere and I was reaching for the like button. Well, they did spend their short lives on Tehachapi. Actually the train keeps changing length...
Silent films. Oh wow did you need an imagination to follow along, even though captioned, etc. My guess is that one reason that steamer appeared was her size. Which helped make the scene seem larger and possibly hint at being more dangerous.
I believe I read and saw a photo of the RF&P Potomac Yard, Arlington, VA using 2-10-10-2s for their dual humps. Please do't hold me to that. Over the years I've Googled for the article and/or photos without success. It's entirely possible that I again combined various memories into the same folder for no logical reason. Dang, geting old ain't fun. I've sent an email to the president of the RF&P Historical ociety asking to resolve this question. I'll let y'all know any response.
I know it. The Virginian. Sorry. I think I'll test my memory before I go find a pic. 175,000 pounds tractive effort. They had much better boilers than the ATSF 3000s.
3001 in the roundhouse for service. Worker - "How's come this side of the steam chest smells like booze?" Co worker - "Probably leaking." Worker - "But these locomotives don't run on alcohol!" Evidently, no easy-to-connect glad hands in those days. Or was he just shutting/opening a valve? Being a station agent, my great grandfather rode a velocipede between towns. There is a picture of him sitting on one, someplace around here. Doug
Here's the response from the president of the RF&P Historical Society, with my question below. "Hank, "I know those feelings fairly well. I'm now 78 years old. "Those articulated locomotives were not 2-10-10-2s but 2-8-8-2s. There were ex C&O H-7 class and were re-numbered as 1, 2 and 3. They were purchased in the early 1940s and retired in about 1948. A pair of ALCO S-2 (1000 hp) diesels took the place of just one 2-8-8-2. UGH! "I have the actual dates and original locomotive numbers if you want them. Right now I'm just babbling off the top of my head. From the in-service photos at Pot Yard, it appeared to me that C&O back-dated the locomotives to more like their as-delivered appearance. By that, the Worthington feed-water heaters were removed and the tenders were replaced with the original VC-12s on 4-wheel trucks. "When you mention 2-10-10-2s, I think more of the Virginian Railway. Although the C&O did run some 2-10-2 B-1s into Pot Yard. "I hope this helps. "Have you joined the RF&P Historical Society? "Take care and Happy Holidays, "Bill "On Wed, Dec 1, 2021 at 8:46 PM Hank Coolidge <hankcoolidge@gmail.com> wrote: "Hi Bill, I'm trying to resolve a years old memory and would appreciate your help. "Did the RF&P ever use 2-10-10-2s to operate the Pot Yard dual hmps? "I remember that I read an article with photos years ago (>>50 yrs) about the Pot Yard. My memory is a photo of a 2-10-10-2 pushing a string up the hump ramp. "Please accept that I'm 86 years old. I've found that my memory has been the second thing to go, and darned if I can remember the first. LOL "Thanks for your help. "Hank Coolidge."
For all its awkward appearance, it actually is a lovely locomotive. Though its tender looks like a little red wagon, hardly support for such a massive beast.
