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Rick Steele

September 13, 2007 08:51AM

Registered: 16 years ago
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Kevin,

The 12 was actually built for road operations.

HOWEVER, the 12 was built for road operations on the Island of Maui to haul cane from the cane fields to the processing factories for the sugar companies. There were no 4% grades on the Kahilui Railroad. The gauge may be the same, but the application was much different.

Remember that Steam Locomotives were not an "off the shelf" item like diesels are today. Each one was designed with a specific purpose in mind.

Why do you think that the 9 was so big for its era?

Rick

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Update on the Loop	IanD	September 12, 2007 04:08PM
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Re: Update on the Loop	Kevin S.	September 12, 2007 05:15PM
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