RE: [CBQ] Question about CB&Q 5631

["Dave Lotz" <Dave_Lotz@bellsouth.net>]

Hi Lindsey,

 

The 4-8-4  wheel configuration has been called by many names: Northern, Niagara, Confederation, Dixie, Greenbrier, Pocono, Potomac, Golden State, Western, General, Wyoming (Lehigh Valley), Governor, Big Apple, GS Series "Daylight" (Southern Pacific).  On the Burlington, they were always called Northerns.  A Mohawk (aka Mountain) is a 4-8-2  wheel configuration, and is totally wrong for the 4-8-4 locomotives.

 

Dave Lotz

 

-----Original Message-----
From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of lindsey_m_fowler
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 8:03 PM
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [CBQ] Question about CB&Q 5631

 

 

Hi,

I got a message from one of our prospective O5 owners. In the message, there was some reference several times of O5 5631 being a "Mohawk" which I remember as being a 4-8-2 on the New Your Central I'm thinking.. Am I crazy here? I thought all 05s were 4-8-4 Northerns. Was there ever a time when CB&Q called them Mohawks? That's just seems wrong..

Thank you for your help..

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