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Mike Trent

May 12, 2009 03:38PM

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Actually, after the boilers were replaced on the seven B-3-B 2-6-0's (#'s 4-10) in the early 1900's, the tractive effort was increased to about 19,000 lbs.

The smaller 2-8-0's that may have been comparable to a C-16 were all sold and scrapped early on, as they couldn't pull enough tonnage, and they were too old.

So, the answer to the question is that a C&S B-4-D was bigger, newer, and better than a C-16. As stated above, not an apples to apples comparison.

Mike

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C&S B-4D vs Rio Grande C-16	Kevin S.	May 12, 2009 11:56AM
Re: C&S B-4D vs Rio Grande C-16	chris king	May 12, 2009 12:14PM
Re: C&S B-4D vs Rio Grande C-16	myork	May 12, 2009 02:28PM
Re: C&S B-4D vs Rio Grande C-16	Mike Trent	May 12, 2009 03:38PM
Re: C&S B-4D vs Rio Grande C-16	chris king	May 12, 2009 02:41PM

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