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    What is this?

    I don't know for sure, but I think I would agree with Bret D. It's some kind of slag. Not from a rail grinder, but some kind specialized forging. Maybe for a quick and dirty repair for something that popped up in the middle of nowhere and they didn't have access to loco machine shop. Great...
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    C&O 1309 Moves Under Its Own Power

    I got ya. So, just because they look similar two different locos can be totally different animals. I know steam expands, but do you know how they keep the temperature up while they're moving the same charge of pressurized steam from one steam cylinder to another in a compound locomotive?
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    C&O 1309 Moves Under Its Own Power

    Beautiful loco. I'm I wrong or does it look like a big boy? I don't know all that much about the real stuff. I think it has something to do with the number of drive wheels and wheel sets?




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