Re: SAR 19-D - and S.P. - 4-8-2s . . .

UPHogger Wrote:
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> Just a beautiful locomotive {and series of photos} !    

> I don't know why but I have always thought the 4-8-2
> wheel arrangement to be so much more aesthetically
> pleasing than the 2-8-4.


That was especially true on the Southern Pacific, Scott -

IMHO, the S.P.'s 4-8-2s were among the most beautiful locomotives ever built, and the 2-8-4s that they brought in (from the B&M?) during the mid-1950s among the ugliest.  IIRC, the latter were shopped in L.A. but never {little} used due to a business slump followed by the arrival of a shipment of SD-9s.

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



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 08/09/2022 03:44PM by Russo Loco.