What a simple solution to a design nightmare!
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Supposedly there was installation of a couple mini-nibs at the tips of the rail to help keep them from accidentally rolling off the ends at some point in time, They may be visible here in this view. That info came from Mr. Campbell at his fine site ColumbusRailroads.com
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John, I would call that retrofitting a turntable. The engineering and mechanical Depts. forgot to have a meeting about the length of these new engines. At the time of this upload you somehow transferred ownership from the Pennsy to the Santa Fe. I thought they should call these engines Pennsylvanias.
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Wow.....I bet it took a real throttle artist to get one of these monsters into position! Thanks for sharing this unusual image!
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What is a AT&SF steamer doing so far from home? I know now-days diesels run all over the country, but back in the days of steam, I would have figured that steam locomotives didn't wander far from their home shops. Here it looks like it happened frequently enough that the Pennsy modified their own turntable for it?
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Regarding the previous comment, in the summer of '56, PRR had a need for additional power to lug their coal drags north to Sandusky during the shipping season on the great lakes. Though they had plenty of stored steam of their own they could have used, it was cheaper for them to lease short term from the Santa Fe these serviced, yet unused engines than do the repairs necessary on their own power to bring them to service. The SF engines were off the property only a month or two after these photos were taken, never to be steamed up again. The story of how Santa Fe steamers ended up on the Pennsy in Ohio has been well documented over the years.
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