and he notes -
The B&O placed its first order for a 2-10-2 in 1914 with Baldwin
(No.6000). From 1914-1956 the engines bore their numbers commencing
with 6; hence their nickname 'Big Sixes'.
The B&M had 30 2-10-2s, with a mixture of Coffin & Elesco feedwater
heaters. They were the staple power for the West End until the
Berkshires arrived. Some were rebuilt for use in the White Mountains
and several were sold to the Maine Central. After WWII they started
heading to the boneyard with the last group retired in 1949. All I
got to see in my early railfan days was a line of tenders stored at
Billerica (Mass.) Shops. The MeC locos were also retired during that period.
Interestingly, the B&M Berkshires were also sold after the War. With
the arrival of FTs and later F units they were withdrawn with 10
being sold to the SP and 7 to the Santa Fe. The remainder (except for
4023) were scrapped in the 40s and the lone survivor in 1955 (it was
used as a snow melter in Mechanicville).
A similar fate befell the Mountain types with all 13 of the 12 wheel
tender, spoke driver class R1a through c going to the B&O with the
remaining R1d class (14 wheel Centipede tenders, Baldwin Disk drivers
and cast frames) remaining on the property until scrapping in the
mid-fifties. I remember they tried to sell the remaining Mountains to
the National de Mexico but it never came about. I think they opted
for a group of FEC locos instead.
The B&M kept four locos for snow melting: 4023, (2-8-4), 4113
(4-8-4), 3713 (4-6-2) and 622 (0-8-0). All were scrapped except the
3713 which spent a few years at Steamtown (in Vermont) then a few
years at the Boston Museum of Science and then to Staeamtown again in
Scranton where it is supposedly being rebuilt.
I was lucky enough to photograph and cadge a cab ride when it ran in
local service between Boston and Lowell, Mass. It might have lasted
longer but a busted feedwater heater sidelined it and it was later
sold to Nelson Blount.
Considering the B&M's size compared to the NYC (for an example) it
has a higher percentage of steam locos still in existence (in one way
or another) than any of the big guys, I count six - a 4-4-0 at White
River Jct. the 3713, two 0-6-0s a Mogul and a P2 Pacific No. 3660.
You can see the first five without SCUBA gear but the 3660 is under
30 feet of water in the Piscataqua River in Portsmouth, NH,. It went
off the drawbridge during WWII and was never raised. So take a deep
breath and bring an underwater camera!
Incidentally, 2-10-2s were not that widespread worldwide. China had
them as QJ Class (two are here in the U.S.). Germany had them but
most were tank engines although German Railways built 28 3-cylinder
2-10-2 tender freight locomotives (class BR45) in the 30s.The Soviet
Union had a slew of 'em but they were called FV and LV types for
their designers. Most European freight locos were 2-8-2 and 2-10-0 types
Raleigh in chilly
Maine...
At 11:25 PM 6/9/2007, Don McGinnis wrote:
>Howdy gents...and ladies,
>
>Here's a little note about River Rasin's Espee 2-10-2's being 'Decapods.'
>
>All over the "rest-of-the-world" a 2-10-2 was known for the RR that
>first used that wheel
>arrangement in the early 1900's. (1903 or 04 or there abouts). That
>RR was the ATSF.
>Now...think about the 'good-ol'-daze' of friendly? RR compitition.
>Why would the SP want to
>call one of their locos a 'Santa Fe' type? Well, as a matter of
>fact...they didn't! Perhaps taking
>their cue from Whyte's classification system of wheel arrangements
>they found a way out, and
>that 'could' have been Espees way of looking at a 2-10-2 as a
>10-coupled loco. Therefore, no
>need to call it a Santa Fe type...so OURS will be known as a 'Decapod.'
>
>So...everywhere else it's a Santa Fe type, but heaven forbid, NOT on
>the SP. To them it was a
>Decapod. Therefore, River Rasin IS correct.
>
>Don
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