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Mike

March 04, 2003 09:02PM

From: HISTORY OF THE BALDWIN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS P 89
THE FIRST MIKADO TYPE LOCOMOTIVE
Nippon Railway
Cylinders. 181/2"x24" Drivers. Diam. 44"
Weight, Total Engine. 119,600 Ib.
"Early in 1897, a group of unusually interesting locomotives were shipped to the Nippon Railway (Japan). These locomotives were all designed to burn a most inferior quality of coal, requiring large grate area and a firebox of ample depth and volume. They were of two types -the Atlantic, for passenger service, and a modified design of Consolidation for freight service. The latter had a wide, deep firebox, which was placed entirely back of the driving wheels and over a rear truck. ... All these locomotives proved highly successful. Freight locomotives of a design similar to those built for the Nippon Railway, were subsequently introduced in the United States, and were appropriately designated the 'Mikado" type. "

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Uintah Railway Engine #30 - repairs	Rodger Polley	March 01, 2003 10:45PM
Re: Uintah Railway Engine #30 - repairs	Mike	March 01, 2003 11:05PM
Baldwin Construction # 36908 NM	Rodger Polley	March 01, 2003 11:10PM
Re: Baldwin Construction # 36908	Mike	March 01, 2003 11:20PM
Good PRSL question LINK	Rodger Polley	March 02, 2003 09:40PM
Re: Large Narrow Gauge Locomotive Comparison LINK	Brian Norden	March 02, 2003 10:47PM
PRSL??	Mike	March 03, 2003 01:35AM
K-27's were the first........	Rodger Polley	March 04, 2003 12:03AM
Re: EBT had the first too........	Mike	March 04, 2003 01:15AM
Re: EBT had the first too........	Chris Coleman	March 04, 2003 07:48AM
Re: PRSL??	Mike	March 04, 2003 01:06AM
Re: PRSL??	Charlie Mutschler	March 04, 2003 07:03AM
Re: Baldwin Construction # 36908	PRSL	March 04, 2003 07:58PM
Question for PRSL	WP&Y Mike	March 04, 2003 08:11PM
Mikado definition	Rodger Polley	March 04, 2003 08:12PM
Re: Mikado definition	Mike	March 04, 2003 09:02PM
Re: Mikado definition	Charlie Mutschler	March 05, 2003 07:08AM
Good stuff Rodger! NM	Casey Carlson	March 02, 2003 04:53PM

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