American QJ's - Toto, We're not in Inner Mongolia anymore

Justin Franz · **Posted:** Wed Jul 05, 2006 10:21 am

These are links to a pair of shots found on railpictures.net of Americas newest citizens, two former Ji-Tong Railway 2-10-2's, being unloaded in Iowa.

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=150100

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=150099

From the mountains of Mongolia to the heartland of American, what a trip!

-Justin Franz

googanelli · **Posted:** Tue Jul 11, 2006 4:07 pm

Any ideas when they intend to fire these beast up and let them roam the corn fields? I would be interested in driving up to catch them on the prowl!

-Joe

jasonsobczynski · **Posted:** Tue Jul 11, 2006 10:22 pm

I just noticed that the journal box/spring arrangment on the tender is very similiar to that of a dash 8 and dash 9. I would be courious to know if the design used on the newer state side loco's was inspired by a foriegn design or if it was dreamed up from scratch.

Brian Norden · **Posted:** Tue Jul 11, 2006 10:45 pm

I understand that there is still work to be done to the locomotives.

By example the steam and air gauges need to be changed from the metric system used in China to ones calibrated in our English system.