November 5, 2015
Ken - WOW.... That's fascinating! An O-5's tender held 18,000 gallons of
water and a M-4's held 21,500 gallons, so 5662 would've been able to skip some
water plug stops. Also, I guess West Burlington could've built-up the coal
bunker sides to increase the tonnage beyond the 27 tons you mention. A very
HANDSOME looking locomotive with long range tender, a lot better than what I
would've thought. Thanks for your PhotoShop magic! Now, wonder what
a Southern Railway heavy USRA pacific would've looked like as a
Q locomotive..... Best Regards - Louis
In a message dated 11/5/2015 3:53:45 P.M. Central Standard Time,
CBQ@yahoogroups.com writes:
Louis,
Here is your what if of an O-5 with an M-4 tender.
Looking at the folios for the two the M-4 is 5 inches longer and 3 inches
shorter in height. The O-5 caries 27 ton of coal and the M-4 caries 24 ton of
coal, so I am not sure it would have saved stops.
Ken Martin
November 4, 2015
Charlie and All - There was a recent post about a proposed third
set of never constructed Class O-5 4-8-4 types that would've been equipped
with long range tenders similar to those on Class M-4 2-10-4 type
locomotives. Can someone in this Group who is proficient with PhotoShop
try and take some builders photos or other broadside photos of each
class and see what an O-5 with an M-4 tender might've looked like. Sounds
interesting.... Certainly would've cut out the need to stop for
coal and water other than at division points thus increasing
what today's railroaders call "velocity ." Best Regards - Louis
Louis Zadnichek II
Fairhope, AL
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