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Author:  Richard Glueck [ Tue Oct 14, 2008 8:45 pm ]
Post subject:  Bicycle Logger

Unusual use for a single-driver "bicycle" locomotive, that would seem to have barely enough traction to move itself, let alone a train of heavy logs.

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Author:  Gary Gray [ Wed Oct 15, 2008 11:50 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Bicycle Logger

That little loco is a Mason "pony". In 1861 & 1862 Mason built a half dozen or so of these little 2-2-0's for lines in the northeast and midwest. They had 9x20 cylinders, 54" drivers, and weighed 12 tons. TE was 5600 lbs. At least one was rebuilt to a 4-2-0. There are a couple of additional photos in Arthur Wallace's book "Mason Steam Locomotives"

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