Booster on a US Frisco 4-8-4
Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 10:46 pm
Finally got back down to the "Museum of the American Railroad" (nee "Age of Steam") in Dallas (and hoping to move to Frisco in the near future), and took some photographs of their booster-equipped loco. This might be interested in those who have followed the LNER's own booster experiments.
I mis-remembered the loco type - for some reason I thought it was a Mikado. It is actually a 4-8-4 from the 'Frisco' (St Louis and San Francisco Railroad). This would tally with the LNER's own experience that the extra space in a 4 wheel truck suited the system better than a pony truck.
Note the instruction board in the cab. This suggests the booster was a relatively unusual fitting, but required special lubrication.
Richard
I mis-remembered the loco type - for some reason I thought it was a Mikado. It is actually a 4-8-4 from the 'Frisco' (St Louis and San Francisco Railroad). This would tally with the LNER's own experience that the extra space in a 4 wheel truck suited the system better than a pony truck.
Note the instruction board in the cab. This suggests the booster was a relatively unusual fitting, but required special lubrication.
Richard