So, to my alleged mind, Don, that begs the question: "If the Santa Fe was the first to use the 2-10-2, why not make one in that road name as well?" I wonder...Only RRM knows for sure I guess.
Roy Inman, who was hoping for an ATSF or UP in that configuration... From: Don McGinnis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 03:25:39 +0000 To: [email protected] Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: RR's SP 2-10-2 Howdy gents...and ladies, Here's a little note about River Rasin's Espee 2-10-2's being 'Decapods.' All over the "rest-of-the-world" a 2-10-2 was known for the RR that first used that wheel arrangement in the early 1900's. (1903 or 04 or there abouts). That RR was the ATSF. Now...think about the 'good-ol'-daze' of friendly? RR compitition. Why would the SP want to call one of their locos a 'Santa Fe' type? Well, as a matter of fact...they didn't! Perhaps taking their cue from Whyte's classification system of wheel arrangements they found a way out, and that 'could' have been Espees way of looking at a 2-10-2 as a 10-coupled loco. Therefore, no need to call it a Santa Fe type...so OURS will be known as a 'Decapod.' So...everywhere else it's a Santa Fe type, but heaven forbid, NOT on the SP. To them it was a Decapod. Therefore, River Rasin IS correct. Don [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
