Baker gear hooked up near center

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You won't find it in the Prince book.  He doesn't discuss valve gear.  You 
can find a discussion of Southern gear, including its inventor, in 
Ranks-Lowe's Southern Steam Power.

The only engines on the Southern that kept their Baker to the end were the 
As-11 0-8-0s and some of the 2-8-8-2s; some of the Ms-1 Mikados assigned to 
the CNO&TP kept it; the early Mountains that came with Southern gear were 
"Walschaertized" too.  Interestinly, only one of SR's 130 2-10-2s, all of 
which were delivered with Southern gear, was changed to Walschaerts.

EdKing

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Subject: Re: Baker gear hooked up near center

Ed & Bob,

I do know Southern had problems with one of the afore mentioned valve gears, 
but not sure which without getting my Prince book.  I believe Walscherts was 
more common.  Remember also that USRA applied the Southern valve gear to 
most 2-10-2's built including PRR and ATSF.  Walthers even got this right on 
their
2-10-2 model.

James Wall
Rural Hall, NC
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