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Published: 2015-05-16 17:22:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 969; Favourites: 20; Downloads: 3
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Small 4-4-0s are not very powerful...this one can only haul 60 tons on a 3% grade, or about 200 tons on the level, at about a running pace.Related content
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Y'know something I have been thinking about and you could probably answer this given your research into the Baldwin 8-22Cs, but how powerful were they compared to other 4-4-0s? Like the classic 8-18-C (I think that's the right classification) such as the Eureka & Palisade #4.
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Well, I don't recall the power ratings on flat ground, but on a 3% gradient, an 8-18C is rated for 48 tons and an 8-22C for 60.
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Hmmm, seems like a marginal difference. But technically it is still more powerful... I guess?
In any case I just really like these locomotives' proportions. There's something about them and those sunflower stacks that I find really appealing! That's why I can't wait to see them released and try them out myself.
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Yeah, have fun overrunning most stations due to no air brakes! 
And keep in mind that the twelve tons is an extra car - not much but it's still a difference. Not to mention that the difference is more or less proportional, so that if you have double-headers and/or shallower gradients, it's a more considerable change.
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Excellent shot! Is this the WP&Y route everybody is working on? I looks like it to me.
Though the engine looks great! Have you released it yet?
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Yes, it's the WP&Y.
And no, the 8-22Cs are not out yet. I'm going to get the whistle recordings this Saturday.
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She's only doing about 8mph there, but yes, it's going just fine. Can't really make it up past Clifton, however.
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That's when you cheat by getting a Beyer Garratt off the DLS and charge the hill.
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3-foot-gauge Beyer Garratts are hard to find. I've used an Atlas 0-6-6-0 for that purpose in the past, though.
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South Africa had meter gauge ones, they're about as close as you can get.
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