Locomotive Wheelbase

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Wed Jan 11 12:16:51 EST 2006



The PRR M-1a 4-8-2 at the Strasburg Museum has blind drivers on the
#2 and #3 axles.

Rick Morrison




>On some class I1 2-10-0s that PRR owned (some built by Baldwin, the

>rest by Altoona), which were probably twice as large as the

>Gainesville Midland engines you're thinking about, only the #1 and

>#5 drivers had flanges. The #2, #3 and #4 were all blind. And the

>PRR engines weren't really expected to negotiate tight

>curvature. Why did they do it that way? I have no idea, but they did.

>

>EdKing




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