wimpy?

Earl Wrote:
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> I'm thinking that the engines that became class
> C-17, as well as the former F&CC engines, were
> built with lap seam steel boilers. As they were
> not outlawed by the 1911 boiler law, they kept
> running.
>
That's my understanding too.


>
> Once
> the big engines started coming in the 1920's they
> had little need for wimpy 145 lb boilered 2-8-0's.
>
I suspect it was the age of the boiler that ruled. C-17 & C-18 had the same tonnage rating, which was higher than C-19. (14 tons higher on the 4% grades) But the C-19's had 1912-13 era boilers vs 1887 on the C-17's so the C-17's went first.
hank