Nicknames. WasRe: Whyte; Mollies; etc.

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The B&O class P7 pacifics were named   after several presidents when delivered in green and refered to as President Class untill they got repainted blue and the names went away.

One of them was James Madison. The RF&P also had a James Madison but he was just a Statesman there. The C&O also had a James Madison but that was just one of 12 Greenbriers. 

I changed the subject from Whyte to just nicknames since all these names aren't really part of Fred Whyte's system.

Ron Herfurth
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On Sep 24, 2013, at 7:13 AM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:


> Frank, Bruce, Ted, Roger (not necessarily in that order):

> Thanks for the discussion. Two comments: Didn't some rr have a President class? RF&P? And, I always thought Mollie was a butchered pronunciation of the word/title Mallet.

> Charlie Long

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> On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 9:44 AM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

>> Rather than try to figure out how to put this in Files, or ask Roger Link to do it, I thought I'd send this out as an email. 

>>  

>> This is the result of decades of digging.  This is the most complete list I've seen, but I am absolutely not saying that it is COMPLETE.  I welcome supplementation--with some references if possible.  Now I've ignored the number nicknames ("The Big Sixes, the 600's,)and the "affectionate" nicknames (the Big Emmas).  Yes, I left in Chesapeake because....well, because.  Purely my own opinion, but I have disregarded tank engines.  To me the CNJ 4-6-4T is not a Hudson, and the German 2-8-4T, although interesting, is not a Berk.

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>> Take your shots, but please read the notes at the bottom first.

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>> Frank Bongiovanni

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>> 0-4-0

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>> 0-6-0

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>> 0-8-0

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>> 0-10-0

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>> 0-10-2   Union

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>> 2-4-0      Porter

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>> 2-6-0      Mogul

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>> 2-8-0      Consolidation

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>> 2-10-0   Decapod

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>> 2-4-2      Columbia

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>> 2-6-2      Prairie

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>> 2-8-2      Mikado, MacArthur

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>> 2-10-2   Santa Fe

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>> 2-6-4      Adriatic(1)

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>> 2-8-4      Berkshire, Kanawha

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>> 2-10-4   Texas, Colorado

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>> 4-4-0      American

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>> 4-6-0      Ten Wheeler

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>> 4-8-0      Twelve Wheeler, Mastodon

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>> 4-10-0   El Gobernador, Mastodon(2)

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>> 4-4-2      Atlantic

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>> 4-6-2      Pacific

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>> 4-8-2      Mountain, Mohawk

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>> 4-10-2   Southern Pacific, Overland

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>> 4-12-2   Union Pacific

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>> 4-4-4      Jubilee

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>> 4-6-4      Hudson, Baltic

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>> 4-8-4      Northern, Niagara, Greenbrier, Dixie, Pocono, Wyoming, Golden State

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>> Articulated

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>> 0-6-6-0

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>> 2-6-6-0

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>> 2-6-6-2

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>> 2-6-8-0

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>> 0-8-8-0

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>> 2-8-8-0

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>> 2-6-6-4

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>> 2-6-6-6  Allegheny, Blue Ridge

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>> 2-8-8-2 Chesapeake(3)

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>> 4-6-6-4  Challenger

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>> 4-8-8-4 Big Boy

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>> 2-8-8-4  Yellowstone

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>> 2-10-10-2

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>> 2-8-8-8-2

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>> 2-8-8-8-4

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>> The Pennsy experimentals

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>> S1           6-4-4-6

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>> S2           6-8-6

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>> T1           4-4-4-4

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>> Q1          4-6-4-4

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>> Q2          4-4-6-4

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>> The S1,T1,Q1 and Q2 were not articulated, but were divided drive duplexes.  It’s also not quite fair to call the T1 and the Q2 experimental, as there were about 25 built of each.  The S1,S2, and Q1 were one of a kind. [there was also a 4-4-4-4 duplex built for the B&O].

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>> (1)none in North America.  Oddly enough, 2-6-4 was a very popular Lionel wheel arrangement.

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>> (2)Yes, Mastodon was used for the 4-8-0 and the 4-10-0.  And it’s further ironic that the 4-10-0 had two different names as there was only one locomotive of that type in the U.S.(on SP)

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>> (3)not generally used

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