Re: D&RG 2-4-0's - subject to derailments?

CVR220 Wrote:
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> I know these were not powerful, but were they also
> more subject to derailing than say, the 4-4-0's?
> The homemade 2-4-0's at Disneyland, Cedar Point
> and elsewhere seem to do OK, but their track is
> probably better than the 1880's D&RG. Also, they
> may not be sprung the same as "real" 2-4-0's.

I've never heard anything about the D&RG 2-4-0 type wanting to leave the track more than other types. Period comments suggest its main fault was that it didn't run as smoothly as 4-4-0's could, and was thus slower. D&RG comments suggest it tended to prefer running its 2-4-0's at a sustained speed in the 15 MPH range; more than that and they tended to hunt a bit. Three car trains were typical. The first 4-4-0's, class 37 of 1876, were ordinarily used out of Denver on 4-car trains (sometimes more) at about 20 MPH average running speed.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/23/2015 01:22PM by James.