02-21-2010, 03:09 PM
Quote:I'll have to say that I am somewhat smitten by these little drivered compact steam locomotives that seemed to have been fairly common in Europe (at least based on what I've seen in the modeling market).Not just in modelling. In the declining days of steam in Austria, it looks like it was mostly class 93s (and wasn't there another 2-8-2T type?) and ex-German 52 2-10-0s. The 2-8-2T also appears to have been common elsewhere, judging by railfan photos of the time. They seem to have been most important in Poland (lass Tkt48), and the German class 86 and French 141TC and 141TD are also familiar. These and other tank engines were used on all types of service: branchlines, secondary passenger and freight trains, switching... I suppose the 2-8-2T in Europe filled the role of the 2-8-0 in North America.
Fan of late and early Conrail... also 40s-50s PRR, 70s ATSF, BN and SP, 70s-80s eastern CN, pre-merger-era UP, heavy electric operations in general, dieselized narrow gauge, era 3/4 DB and DR, EFVM and Brazilian railroads in general... too many to list!