Earl Wrote:
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> The counterweights are different from the NG ones.
> There is no way to install a counterweight on a
> driver. It is one big casting.
>
> About the only thing saved in the conversion to SG
> might have been the side frames themselves. New
> frame crossties would have been made as the
> original frames were too far apart to be used in
> Standard gauge. New cylinders were installed, the
> valve gear hangers were changed. New axles made
> and new driver centers created. The Rushton
> trailing truck may have been saved, but the truck
> frame would have been narrowed to convert to SG.
>
> It was a huge job to do this, especially in the
> 1950's. Obviously NdeM had the foundry and shop
> facilities to essentially create a new locomotive
> utilizing a 50 year old boiler.
>
> They spent a lot of pesos to create a 55-ton
> standard gauge 2-8-2.
Was it worth it I wonder, how much longer did they run after they were converted to Standard Gauge. I would think that if the Grande was moving them on in the first place they must have thought they had seen better days.
Also another question were the Locomotives Superheated?
Still a Student,
Dave