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Venice Railway No. 2 *PIC*

November 06, 2006 11:36PM
The 2-Spot is unique in that it has a cylindrical firebox (or "Vanderbilt") boiler, undersprung suspension, and Walschaerts valve gear - rare in 1905, especially on an engine of this size. The SP was experimenting with Vanderbilt boilers on a class of compound Atlantics at the time Coit designed the "2-Spot" and its predecessors.
Here's the original boiler, which was "retired" in 1994.
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