Johnson Barr Wrote:
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> BTW, why 'G' for Mogul? The D&RGW certainly
> didn't have
Mountains or
Mallets
>
before they had
Moguls.
> And SFAIK they never imported any
Matildas
> from the
Antipodes nor ever owned ANY
>
Mastodons
. . .
>
Because this system wasn't used until 1924, by which time the D&RGW did indeed have Mountains & Mallets as well as Moguls.
Before 1924 the system used was just Class ###(sometimes with and N or an S here to indicate gauge) where ### was the engine wieght in thousands of pounds.
hank