Re: NNG: 'Molly the Wonder Pig' . . .

Earl Wrote:
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> Molly The Wonder Pig Lives!!!!


What you mean-um "Wonder Pig", Kemo Sabe?

Based on O. Winston Link's photos from the mid-fifties, I have always thought the N&W 4-8-0's were especially classy-looking little engines, and I was pleasantly surprised to finally meet one in person when my daughter Jackelopette and I visited the Strasburg four years ago (see [ngdiscussion.net] et seq.)  Are there any other ex-N&W 4-8-0's in existence?  IIRC, the only other road to have a sizeable number of 4-8-0's was the S.P., and there's only one example still around - at a small museum in Bakersfield, Ca.

BTW, just a wild guess based on the inboard piston valves - was #475 equipped with Stephenson valve gear when built, and later converted to Baker gear?  Or even more far-fetched, was she originally built with slide valves, then converted to piston valves but retaining the Stephenson gear, and finally given Baker gear in a second upgrade?  My tired old eyes may be fooling me, but at around minute 1.01 of the above video I thought I detected an offset crank connected to the valve stem of #475 - different in design but similar in purpose to the crank added to the Wahlshearts gear of D&RGW K-27's #454, 456, 458 and 461 when converted from Stephenson gear to Wahlshearts in the 1920's (see [ngdiscussion.net]).

- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/20/2017 07:03PM by Russo Loco.