2-6-6-2 pivot pins

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UP didn't get any 2-6-6-2's from N&W. Rio Grande got a couple, but the 
ex-N&W UP engines were 2-8-8-2's.     Jim Nichols

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> I have been reading Tennessee Central Railway, History, Locomotives 

> and Cars by Cliff Downey, TLC 2005.

>  

> The TC purchased four 2-6-6-2's from N&W in 1943-44 being N&W 1341, 

> 1385, 1390 and 1396.  The author indicates that TC experienced 

> problems with these locomotives and proffers the problem was due to 

> cracks in the pivot pins that connected the two sets of drivers.  He 

> also indicates that Union Pacific experienced similar problems with 

> 2-6-6-2 locomotives it purchased from N&W during WWII.

>  

> Was this a common problem on the Z class?  If so, what was N&W's 

> solution to it? 

>  

> Jim Brewer

>  

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