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Hol - Thanks for the information on the C&S's use of M-2's and M-3's and their clones. What you say about their preference for using the smaller-drivered drag engines for coal and iron ore service makes a great deal of sense, as does their use of the USRA engines for faster, general freight. The fact that the CB&Q released their own USRA 2-10-2's when they got their M-4's, suggests the parent company likely had been using them for much the same purposes, given John's observation about their less than satisfactory performance hauling coal on the Beardstown Division. Jonathan
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