Ray Bedard wrote:
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> I have a copy of "The Burlington Railroad" by Robert K. Durham. It's not a
> bad photo reference book. On page 19, he has a photot of a 2-8-2 numbered
> 454. The photo does not appear to be a Burlington engine, as it is missing
> some of the Q features.
>
> I can not find any reference to this engine number in any of the Burlington
> books or guides. The C&S had a 454, but it was a 2-8-0. Has anyone else
> noticed this and if it is a Q, what class?
>
You are looking at FW&D 454, a USRA heavy mike. In the late fifties,
454 had a moment of fame in Trains magazine, when it was borrowed by a
neighboring dieselized road for service on flooded trackage. IIRC the
article was entitled "Where Diesels Fear to Tread".
Marshall
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