December 18, 2009 09:29AM
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Hi, Steve -
S.P.'s later 2-6-0's were nicknamed "Valley Malleys" (my mis-spelling is deliberate to show the
pronunciation) because of their pulling power, but they were also used in light passenger service -
such as an L.A.-Santa Barbara local via the secondary Santa Paula Branch,
* which IIRC ran until
the early thirties. Also IIRC, #1744 has 67" drivers, and so should be capable of 65 mph or better.
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Of course we all hope these trains will be immensely popular, eventually necessitating more coaches and bigger power.
- Russo
* The rails now extend only from Montalvo (a suburb of my current home town, Ventura) to Piru in eastern Ventura County, but the Santa Paula Branch used to connect all the way through to Saugus, and was S.P.'s main line up the coast for a few years prior to completion of the tunnels at Santa Susana.
** See discussion of steam engine speed on [
ngdiscussion.net] et seq.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/18/2009 09:37AM by Russo Loco.
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