I'll add my Western Pacific Mike, which is a modified Mantua 2-8-2.
Originally posted by Redwoods - August 30 2016 : 5:54:12 PM
I see it has an oil tender. Was Western Pacific mostly oil fired like the Southern Pacific?
Originally posted by scsshaggy - August 30 2016 : 7:21:25 PM
Western Pacific had both oil and coal fired engines. From what I understand coal fired engines ran from Ogden UT to Elko NV and oil fired ran west of Elko. I don't think any coal engines made it into California, except when they needed heavy overhauls in WP's Sacramento shops.
As a west coaster, I'm quite partial to oil tenders.
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