Re: D&RGW renumbering

Earl Wrote:
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> I am thinking the weight-based class designation
> was based on wieght upon drivers, not total engine
> wieght.

wt on drivers (1929):
t-12-47 50,643
c-16-60 59,330
c-17-70 62,150
c-17-71 62,190
c-18-70 64,000
c-19-70 64,000
c-21-93 85,650
c-25-112 107,400
k-27-125 105,425
k-28-148 113,500
k-36-189 143,850

info from D&RGW folio #7 (5/12/36 reissue)

I've been puzzled by this since I was pre-teen in the early 70's and started looking at the numbers. I'm still putting my money on the weight being the weight at time recieved and then never being changed (with the exception of the passenger classes of the early 80's [42, 45, 45 1/2, 47] I talked about yesterday) but I'm just guessing.

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention class 42 1/2 yesterday. Same as class 42 but designed to burn anthracite (smaller firebox).

hank