12-07-2015, 11:01 AM
March 1962 MR has drawings, information, and photos of the Little River, Baldwin, 2-4-4-2.
When I bought the brass model, I used that article/drawings/photos to add a bit more detail.
When the owner of Sag Harbor Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company saw how well the 3' gauge, outside frame 2-4-4-2 was handling the tight curves in the shipyard, He had his staff draw up a 3' gauge outside frame 2-6-6-2.
The shipyard is currently building this loco, between ship overhauls. The yard needs this loco for some of the heavier loads, that the 2-4-4-2 can't handle. Why articulated locos?..........there are some seriously tight curves in the track work, especially around the dry dock areas, and the owner liked articulated locos better than double heading 0-4-0's, or 0-6-0's.
When I bought the brass model, I used that article/drawings/photos to add a bit more detail.
When the owner of Sag Harbor Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company saw how well the 3' gauge, outside frame 2-4-4-2 was handling the tight curves in the shipyard, He had his staff draw up a 3' gauge outside frame 2-6-6-2.
The shipyard is currently building this loco, between ship overhauls. The yard needs this loco for some of the heavier loads, that the 2-4-4-2 can't handle. Why articulated locos?..........there are some seriously tight curves in the track work, especially around the dry dock areas, and the owner liked articulated locos better than double heading 0-4-0's, or 0-6-0's.
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The greatest place to live life, is on the sharp leading edge of a learning curve.
Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!