more engine class names

[NW Mailing List]

On 9/11/2013 7:38 AM, NW Mailing List wrote:

> Mikado vs. Mike

>

> As the gentleman has reminded us, the 2-8-2 wheel arrangement commonly 

> called Mikados were also called "Mikes" which is a shortened version 

> of the Mikado name. What I had neglected to mention was that during 

> the anti-Japanese sentiments of World War II, they were called 

> McArthur's for patriotic reasons for much of same types of reasons the 

> anti-German name changes of many things during the WW 1 era when 

> sauerkraut became Liberty Cabbage and a whole host of other things.

>

> Not all railroads which had the 2-8-2 wheel types used the patriotic 

> name, but it was used by many during that time before many of us can 

> remember.


And don't forget the MILW had 4-6-4 Baltics  and the NYC had 4-8-4 
Niagaras.  There are probably others out there also.

Take care
Bill

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