Mallet Engines on the Saltville Branch - When?

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That's what the single axle trailing truck was for - keeping the loco 
on the track when going backwards.  The Ys (and the USRA 2-8-8-2s) were 
basically 2-8-8-0s.

Pete Groom
On Oct 12, 2004, at 7:07 PM, nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org wrote:

> As for turning, Uncle Ed King told me once, probably twice, that the 
> Y's
> weren't turned. They went forward one way, and backed up on the reverse
> trip.
>
> Andre Jackson and/or Lisa Burrows
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