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    Posted: 23-Oct-2012 at 14:33
Originally posted by Nick1986

I've thought long and hard about this one Mountainman. Was it an attempt to adapt a standard-gauge locomotive to run on broad-gauge tracks?


Excellent guess - it's an actual adaptation of a quarry locomotive (narrow gauge) to run on standard gauge tracks.  For some reason, instead of moving the wheels out and re-gauging it, this concept was put into use.  Apparently, it actually worked, unlike some others that were proposed:

The Holman - built by Baldwin in 1897:
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This is a fireless locomotive. As its name suggests, it didn't have its own firebox but was filled with steam from an outside source. These trains were used in dangerous environments like mines and factories to prevent explosions
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The Nazis also built streamlined locomotives like the 2-8-2 19-1001A, the first steam train with a V-8 engine
http://philosophyofscienceportal.blogspot.co.uk/2010/03/henschel-v-8-steam-locomotive-doomed.html
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This wartime locomotive has two tenders so it can travel the full route without stopping to take on more coal


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Saddle tank locomotive - the solution to not stopping for water.  This one is an articulated Mogul for use on sharp curves and steep grades.




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This compressed air locomotive was used in the Homestake Mine in Deadwood:



This kind was used most often in the Colorado mines:



And this one is the Pittsburg Coal Mine:
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Narrow gauge railways were ideal for the mountainous Welsh landscape. These were less costly to build and could use tighter curves
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New York Central 4-6-4 Hudson, J3a class, Henry Dreyfuss streamlined steam locomotive # 5445, is seen at the locomotive service area in Elkhardt, Indiana, March 1945
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Streamlined Iraqi steam locomotive imported from the UK
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Steam locomotive QJ 2785 and train (Kaifeng - 9), 1983 by Leroy W. Demery, Jr., on Flickr
Chinese steam locomotive hauling freight train
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Streamlined 1918 class Bavarian locomotive
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I'm visiting this tomorrow in Pueblo, CO.:

UP 844 - the last new steam engine delivered to the Union Pacific, and still operational:
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This locomotive doesn't seem to have any driving wheels. What is it?
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Adapted to pull mine cars.
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The first steam locomotive, invented by Richard Trevithick in 1804 to pull wagons of coal
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Steam train used by the US logging industry
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Shay's like this far outnumbered the Heislers and Climaxes.

News announcement in yesterday's paper: UP is restoring a Big Boy (4-8-8-4) to full service for promotional tours.

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Heisler:



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Telford steam tram
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