Re: NNG- but big steam

Russo Loco Wrote:
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> Tom Moungovan Wrote:
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> > This machine is big, pretty closre to a WP
> > 2-6-6-2 in size & power, just a lot newer
> > having been built in 1949 or so.
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> A question, Tom -
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> Was this engine one of the last order of steamers
> built by Baldwin?  I vaguely remember that
> Baldwin's last engines were run-of-the-mill
> 2-6-6-2's for the C&O, whereas Alco's and Lima's
> last engines were "modern" super-power 2-8-4's.

By the time I got to this Russ, Greg & Ed have answered your questions correctly.
1309 is an older design, but IMHO, an extremely interesting machine. I do not
intend to miss it.