Sometimes it does help if you used to be a rocket engineer! I'm pushing hard at 71, an' you're right, it ain't easy. My layout is so far back in the...
Actually, I think (without consulting my references) they had a few of the T-1's inherited from the Great Northern, a few T-2's and one, lone T-3, a...
I think I've seen more movies of Challengers and BB's than other articulateds, many of them showing them "at speed". They are simply neat behemouths...
Slopeback tenders were generally used on steam switch engines for better visibility from the cab to the end of the tender. Sincce the coal and water...