Re: The Loop???

southparkline1 Wrote:
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> Well I think one big problem they have is having
> one steam locomotive that has a pretty low
> tractive effort.

I don't think I'd say that. #12 does get bashed around here as if she were a an 0-4-0t or something. She has 15,000lbs of TE. Not a lot, but not that bad. At 41t, she's larger than most of the 2-8-0s in Colorado...much newer...and she has a relatively large grate area and a total heating area comparable to locomotives with greater tractive effort. Perhaps she needs some work, but she was a nice locomotive that came from a railroad with high equipment standards (the Kahului RR).

Here's a nice page on her specs:
[www.steamlocomotive.com]

Michael