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The XA was unable to sustain a speed greater than five miles an hour
I remember reading up on these and similar things back when I was curious about what had been built in the way of exceptional locomotives. These weren't really exceptional in terms of performance, only in sheer size and number of drivers. The later N&W engines could match them for all-out tractive effort, but were actually useful at speed over a distance too.Since only half of the exhaust steam exited through the smokebox, firebox draft (and thus boiler heating) was poor. Although the boiler was large (in line with contemporary two-cylinder and four-cylinder practice), six large cylinders demanded more steam than even such a boiler could supply.
With all six cylinders operating at their full pressure (which could not be sustained for very long)...
It's gonna be a BIG TIME mountain engine if this thing goes to the real gameAdmiralHalsey wrote:I so want someone to make these for the game if just for fun.
Yeah a Mallet to fill the gap between the Shay and the Challenger and Big Boy would've been nice. That period in between them really lacks a decent speed loco that can haul stuff easily up steep grades.Lone Cat wrote:It's gonna be a BIG TIME mountain engine if this thing goes to the real gameAdmiralHalsey wrote:I so want someone to make these for the game if just for fun.
too bad the early mallets were excluded from the game. especially the VERY first one built by Anatole Mallet himself.