Sunken loco thread

Bob Yarger · **Posted:** Fri Feb 14, 2003 11:32 am

More in the Trainorders.com thread about lost locomotives: The Mikado in BC's Fraser River is a new one to me. The B&M 4-6-2 and Rock Island 4-4-0 are true stories.

http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?f=10&i=6382&t=6285
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L Beckman · **Posted:** Fri Feb 14, 2003 6:10 pm

> More in the Trainorders.com thread about
> lost locomotives: The Mikado in BC's Fraser
> River is a new one to me. The B&M 4-6-2
> and Rock Island 4-4-0 are true stories.

Interesting note about the CN 2-8-2 which is described as one of those Mikados with the Belpaire firebox. I always thought those Mikes were particularly good looking locomotives. Does anyone know if any of them were preserved? And if so, where?

Thanks!

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Bob Yarger · **Posted:** Fri Feb 14, 2003 6:52 pm

None preserved unless this is a true story. The preserved three CN 2-8-2s are all like the one at Steamtown.

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L Beckman · **Posted:** Fri Feb 14, 2003 10:43 pm

> None preserved unless this is a true story.
> The preserved three CN 2-8-2s are all like
> the one at Steamtown.

Bob: Thanks. Kind of curious that none were preserved (I seem to recall that some were running pretty late in the steam era at CN.) Which brings up a question. How many Belpaire firebox engines are preserved (outside of the PRR examples of course)?

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Bob Yarger · **Posted:** Sat Feb 15, 2003 5:32 am

I believe there are a GN Mikado, Pacific and two 2-8-0s, plus five CB&Q 4-6-0s and one derelict 2-6-0. Anyone know of others?

> Bob: Thanks. Kind of curious that none were
> preserved (I seem to recall that some were
> running pretty late in the steam era at CN.)
> Which brings up a question. How many
> Belpaire firebox engines are preserved
> (outside of the PRR examples of course)?

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Bob Yarger · **Posted:** Sat Feb 15, 2003 6:13 am

A sad sight indeed.

> I believe there are a GN Mikado, Pacific and
> two 2-8-0s, plus five CB&Q 4-6-0s and
> one derelict 2-6-0. Anyone know of others?

http://www.sunsetd.com/~ryan/steam/1246/17.jpg
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dave · **Posted:** Sat Feb 15, 2003 7:59 am

> I believe there are a GN Mikado, Pacific and
> two 2-8-0s, plus five CB&Q 4-6-0s and
> one derelict 2-6-0. Anyone know of others?

Hey Kelly, isn't Strasburg building a Belpaire now?

Dave

Erik Ledbetter · **Posted:** Sat Feb 15, 2003 9:22 am

> Bob: Thanks. Kind of curious that none were
> preserved (I seem to recall that some were
> running pretty late in the steam era at CN.)
> Which brings up a question. How many
> Belpaire firebox engines are preserved
> (outside of the PRR examples of course)?

I assume you meant US, but if you look to the UK there's scads of Balpaire equipped Great Western Railway engines preserved. I think of the as the PRR of England--relentlessly standardized, and relentlessly different from everyone else... :-)

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