K differences

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Edward King" <601ek604 at verizon.net>
To: <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 11:31 PM
Subject: Re: NW-Mailing-List Digest, Vol 7, Issue 2



>> Thanks Ed this is exactly what I was looking for.

>>

>> I have a somewhat unrelated question - were the K2 and K2a's the 

>> streamlined mountains, and the K1 the unstreamlined? If so what are the 

>> differences between the two?

>>

> K-1 - unstreamlined, built by Roanoke 1916-17

> K-2 - built unstreamlined by Alco (Brooks) 1919, streamlined postwar

> K-2a -  "         "        by Baldwin, 1923, streamlined postwar

> K-2 and K-2a alike except K-2 came from builder with USRA 10,000 gallon 

> tenders; K-2a came with N&W-designed 20-ton 15,000 gallon tenders.

> 

> Hope this helps.

> 

> EdK

> 

> 

>> Thanks a bunch, and I won't call steam locomotives "units" anymore, I 

>> promise!

>>

>> Bob Welsh

>>

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