Re: Steam lives at Rio Gallegos?

Tom Moungovan Wrote:
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> I can't help but wonder how the railroads fortunes
> would have went had they followed through with
> the
> planned 2-10-10-2 or 2-12-12-2 articulateds. I
> was allowed to place the drawings on the floor of
> an office
> and photograph them with my Pentax 6 by 7. One of
> the images showed up in a story that I had in
> PACIFIC NEWS later that year.


Could things have been much different than actual history? My understanding is the 2-10-2's weren't retired due to lack of capability so much as because keeping them running was becoming a hassle by the mid 90's. Same problems would've existed regardless. Awhile back I saw pictures of those proposed designs, quite possibly scans of your own photographs. If I recall there were three basic sketches: One for a conventional articulated, one for a garret, and one for what I can only describe as a sort of backwards Kitson-Meyer. By all means chime in if there's more to the story.

The 2-10-2's are among the handsomest locos I've seen for the two-and-a-half foot gauge. As with aircraft: "Looks right, runs right."