On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:21:11 -0000, ed_loizeaux wrote
> --- In [email protected], "Alex Binkley" wrote:
> > Those of us in the Great White North will wait to see <snip>
>
> Maybe a white version for our neighbours to the North.
> "S"nickering...Ed L.
>
Ed and anyone else who really wants to be bored...
The CNR/GTW/GT had 58 USRA Light (not white) 2-8-2's in the 3700 number
series. They were the S-3-a, b, and c subclasses. The first group of forty
were originals, meaning built in 1918 or 1919. the b's and c's were copies.
The first 15 (3700-3714) went to Grand Trunk, the next 25 (3715-3739) went
to Grand Trunk Western.
The b's and c's were built in the 1920's after the USRA ceased existance
though they were exact copies of the originals except the c's arrived with
Elesco Feedwater Heaters and triangular lit number board.
After the amalgamation into the CNR, many of the a's found their way onto
the Canadian parent road. Some remained on the GT US lines. The b's and
c's remained for the most part on the Grand Trunk Western. Many of the a's
got Elesco Feedwater Heaters and semi-vestibule cabs. Most, if not all the
b's and c's received welded tenders later on.
The CNR system and for that matter no Canadian road to my knowledge ever
used the heavy 2-8-2. I believe that the Wabash did use a version of the
heavys in the Niagara Penninsula across CNR trackage.
The GT had USRA 0-6-0's, O-20-a class and the USRA 0-8-0 is very similar to
the CNR/GTW P-5 classes.
The CNR acquired all 10 of the B&A USRA Light 2-10-2's in the late 1920's.
They eventually received vestibule (all-weather) cabs and Elesco Feedwater
heaters. They became the T-3-a 4200 class. They mostly ran in Quebec
though one or two did make it into Ontario.
All USRA locos received the distinctive triangular lit number board and some
type of number plate either similar to the Canadian National style or more
like the GTW style.
Like any steam loco classes, no two looked completely alike by the end of
the 1950's.
All USRA locos were assigned to the east. None were assigned to the west
though I won't go out on a limb and say that none ever made it out there.
They all remained coal burners.
The mechanisms would be a fairly good starting point for a Canadian mikado.
Perhaps CNR S-2-a's or CPR P-1, P2 classes. The CNR S-1's had 14 spoke
drivers so the USRA 15 spoke ones would not work.
Bored yet, Ed?
cheers,
Andy Malette
www.mlwservices.ca
------------------------------------
Yahoo! Groups Links
<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/
<*> Your email settings:
Individual Email | Traditional
<*> To change settings online go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join
(Yahoo! ID required)
<*> To change settings via email:
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
