Notes from Locomotive Cyclopedia Vol.II

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The Q2 was tested between Portsmouth and Williamson. Ball has a summary 
on pages 36-37 of his "Pennsylvania Railroad 1940s-1950s" (Elm Tree 
1986)   Jim Nichols

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> The Locomotive Cyclopedia Vol. II arrived this past week. Another 

> excellent book from Hundman Publishing.

>

> A couple of things to note.;

> 1) On page 242 regarding the PRR T-1, Bert Pennypacker writes "Pennsy 

> tried to unload both the T-1 and Q-2 duplexes onto the steam-conscious 

> (at that time) Norfolk and Western, but the two demonstrators were 

> quickly returned".

>

> Any comments? Where was the Q-2 tested?

>

> 2) Look at the section on the Y3. Check out the damage done to the low 

> pressure cylinders in several picture. Looks like they were playing 

> somewhere that they shouldn't.

> Jimmy Lisle

>

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