Re: More on Uintah #30

davidtltc Wrote:
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> ...She truly was one
> of a kind and very unique, mostly for the reason
> that she was so large and rigid to be operating on
> such a small and winding Railroad with steep
> grades and tight curves, I think the railroad
> would have found better success with an outside
> frame 2-6-2, but we can't change the past...

Was #30 in some way unsuccessful?

If the Uintah had wanted 2-6-6-2's (or mere 2-6-2's for that matter) in 1911, it could have bought them. Baldwin was building narrow gauge articulated engines by then.