Re: Porter 2-8-2s

Steam Fan 492 Wrote:
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> So far as I know, yes. The closet surviving
> locomotive currently is 153, if you consider road
> numbers and boiler pressure, both ran on 175
> P.S.I.
> Here is a link to a beautiful IRCA roster. This
> should inform you about most steam locomotives on
> the IRCA aside from their dates of birth... and in
> most sad cases, murder...
> [url=http://orion.math.iastate.edu/jdhsmith/term/s
> lguirca.htm]ICRA Roster[/url]
> I hope this helps,
> John

FWIW John, the trio of Porters on IRCA, 154-156, had front-end throttles.

Baldwins 150-153, 157-161 did not and neither did Krupps 162-168.