Erie contemplated a 2-6-6-4 with 70" drivers (as well as a similar 2-10-4) but went with diesels, instead. Randy Brown - -------------------------------------------------------------- True, but didn't NYC, a high speed road if ever there was one, have 2-6-6-2's?? I think they may have used them in hump service at Dewitt(Syracuse), but they surely couldn't have spent their entire service lives there. I think(this coming from a child of the diesel age) that the speed capability would bear some relation to the driver diameter. UP certainly runs its 3985 at fast enough speed to pull passenger trains on a high speed freight main, and did it during regular service steam. I've seen NW 1218 run pretty fast too-in excess of 50 MPH. Perhaps such an engine might not have run as fast as a Pocono, but with the proper sized drivers, it should have been able to maintain enough speed to get over the road without bogging down the rest of the railroad. Tom B - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_lucent.com> To: <RJFlei@aol.com>; <erielack@lists.railfan.net> Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 9:26 AM Subject: RE: (erielack) Lackawanna Articulateds > Rick, > > Aren't most articulated NOT known for their great speed? The DL&W prided itself on its fast service, and I think an articulated would not have served that purpose? > > - Paul > ------------------------------
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