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Description
By the end of the Bolshevik Revolution in late Autumn 1917, a great amount of 2-10-0 'Decapods' were scheduled for a shipment from the
United States of America to the Russian Empire, only to end up postponed for not being paid by the USSR.
These Decapods had been converted to American standards before they were put into action on various railroads.
Among them was the Western Maryland that received only (10) of the 2-10-0's, classified as 'I-1's while being numbered from 1101 to 1110.
They were nearly put to use system widely and because of this, they were preferably suitable for many local and branch-line duties.
The 'I-1's did excellent for everything they do, collecting coal trains and working on mainline locals including daily locals on the Waynesboro and other short lines.
With their efficiency of their good-quality work, these engines were generally interested by their crews.
It has been noted that the throttles on the decapods which were received by the WM working in reverse, meaning that the throttle had been opened by
pushing forwards on it instead of pulling back on it.
One person can imagine the instinct of a engineer to close the throttle fast while the wheel slips which is most likely resulted in more wheel-sliding
when they accidentally opened the throttle wide open by pushing the handle forward.
One of the 'I-1' Decapods no. 1110 was used for a testing yard engine at Elkins, West Virginia.
Unfortunately however, the wide tires and elongated wheelbase led the poor decapod into numerous derailing incidents in even numerous times around the switching points.
Needless to say that experiment was pretty much short-lived.
By the time the steam era came to a end, all (10) of class 'I-1' decapods were scrapped into extinction at the dawn of new motive power that had taken over all services.

Models by: Steve Lerro - Manager of K&L Trainz in association with NV3/Auran/Trainz Simulator

Description
By the end of the Bolshevik Revolution in late Autumn 1917, a great amount of 2-10-0 'Decapods' were scheduled for a shipment from the
United States of America to the Russian Empire, only to end up postponed for not being paid by the USSR.
These Decapods had been converted to American standards before they were put into action on various railroads.
Among them was the Western Maryland that received only (10) of the 2-10-0's, classified as 'I-1's while being numbered from 1101 to 1110.
They were nearly put to use system widely and because of this, they were preferably suitable for many local and branch-line duties.
The 'I-1's did excellent for everything they do, collecting coal trains and working on mainline locals including daily locals on the Waynesboro and other short lines.
With their efficiency of their good-quality work, these engines were generally interested by their crews.
It has been noted that the throttles on the decapods which were received by the WM working in reverse, meaning that the throttle had been opened by
pushing forwards on it instead of pulling back on it.
One person can imagine the instinct of a engineer to close the throttle fast while the wheel slips which is most likely resulted in more wheel-sliding
when they accidentally opened the throttle wide open by pushing the handle forward.
One of the 'I-1' Decapods no. 1110 was used for a testing yard engine at Elkins, West Virginia.
Unfortunately however, the wide tires and elongated wheelbase led the poor decapod into numerous derailing incidents in even numerous times around the switching points.
Needless to say that experiment was pretty much short-lived.
By the time the steam era came to a end, all (10) of class 'I-1' decapods were scrapped into extinction at the dawn of new motive power that had taken over all services.

Models by: Steve Lerro - Manager of K&L Trainz in association with NV3/Auran/Trainz Simulator