Re: NG 4-6-2 photos

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> Bruce


Thanks. Haven't seen that one before, I don't think. I assume it's one of the Baldwins? The one I've seen a (bad) photo of appeared to have more European-style design features so I presume was one of the others. The 4-8-0's were the real winners in Colombia and I've seen lots of photos of those (understandably) but the handful of pacifics they had are much more shy in photography.

Most of the American-built metre gauge pacifics were built to patterns that allowed for 3 foot gauge construction as well. Nobody in the U.S. ordered them, but the designs were ready and waiting. This is particularly evident on engines such as NOB 401 where if you see a direct side-on profile view it's plainly evident that the boiler and firebox are above all the wheels and it'd be a trivial matter to build one with the frame and cylinders spaced a few inches closer.