Yeah... seems like I remember hearing something about this quite some time back... can't remember all the details. Interesting, to say the least.
John Degnan [email protected] [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: Thomas Baker To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2012 07:02 AM Subject: RE: {S-Scale List} For the record / I'm just sayin'... John, You probably already know this little bit of history: During WWII, the M&StL went shopping for new steam locomotives and tried out an SAL 2-6-6-4. I do not know exactly where it ran on the system, but the company tried it, liked it, and wanted to order several copies. The War Production Board, however, would not allow it, and the M&StL instead ordered two A-B-A sets of FTs. What might have been! If the Board had allowed the order, those articulateds would have been stomping through western Illinois, into Iowa, and Minnesota with steam identical to what the SAL had. Tom
