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The PRR M-1a 4-8-2 at the Strasburg Museum has blind drivers on the 
#2 and #3 axles.

Rick Morrison




>On some class I1 2-10-0s that PRR owned (some built by Baldwin, the 

>rest by Altoona), which were probably twice as large as the 

>Gainesville Midland engines you're thinking about, only the #1 and 

>#5 drivers had flanges.  The #2, #3 and #4 were all blind.  And the 

>PRR engines weren't really expected to negotiate tight 

>curvature.  Why did they do it that way?  I have no idea, but they did.

>

>EdKing