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 Post subject: Frisco 2-8-2s
PostPosted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 1:24 am 

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Stored at Memphis in April 1956, awaiting scrap:

http://nepa.railfan.net/rail/idkrhdemo.htm

The 4209 in better times, July 29, 1947 at Kansas City:

http://abpr.railfan.net/abprphoto.cgi?m ... sf4209.jpg

None of these larger Frisco 2-8-2s survived, though three of the homemade (from 2-8-0s) and two light USRAs did.


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 Post subject: Re: Frisco 2-8-2s
PostPosted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 10:53 am 

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Bob, the first link took me to an article about the Kingston roundhouse demolition.


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 Post subject: Correct link
PostPosted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 3:29 pm 

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http://abpr.railfan.net/abprphoto.cgi?m ... sf4208.jpg


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 Post subject: Re: Correct link
PostPosted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 4:39 pm 

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Thanks Bob. 4208 was heavily rebuilt after a monstrous head on collision with 4-8-2 No. 1520 in Quincy, MS back in the late '30s. It was the only one of the 20 4200 class mikes that had Walschearts valve gear.
When they were delivered, the 4200s were the world's heaviest mikes until the GN 08s came along. I think the 4200s may have been one of the very few locomotive orders delivered in 1930 since the depression was going big time by then. Frisco tried to cancel the order but BLW held their feet to the fire. They were some enormous brutes and did excellent work for the Frisco.


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