Re: (rshsdepot) "450-Ton Locomotive at the Waldorf-Astoria"

["Steven Delibert" <stevdel_@_prodigy.net>]

    A major reason was that it was considered impossible to implement on
coal-burning locos, since the firebox was at the cab end, away from the
tender.  Even the SP had a series of coal-burning 2-8-8-4's with the cabs on
the rear.  Perhaps a tender-first arrangement could have been worked out,
but the steam establishment was never noted for its daring innovation.
    I don't think any other oil-burning western road had quite the
astonishing mileage that SP had in tunnels and snowsheds over the Sierra, so
the need was probably less pressing elsewhere.
    Steve Delibert
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Sarah S Prince" <ssprince_@_aldus.northnet.org>
>
> Ever since I saw one in the Sacramento museum, I've wondered, why weren't
> there more cab-forwards?
>


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