[timmuir]

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul RR Atlantic type , No.401. Baldwin Shop Number 14862--Built May, 1896.

Check out that headlight!

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[Weter]

Hello, Tim.
Very unexpectable model's look, thanks.
That's passenger-service cousine of your #26?
Is that compound machine?

[keystoneaholic]

Tim,

What a super looking machine, clean lines which are a bit European. Perhaps Milwaukee's Swedish background played a part? I assume it's a 'Vauclain' compound with a single crosshead serving both cylinders. I can't help wondering if this didn't lead to a certain amount of 'nosing' when working steam hard.

Move on 30 years and put a streamlined shroud on it........

[timmuir]

Weter, on 12 October 2022 - 09:25 AM, said:

Hello, Tim.
Very unexpectable model's look, thanks.
That's passenger-service cousine of your #26?
Is that compound machine?

Hi weter, yes, it's a very fast passenger, but a very far removed cousin of #26 ;).

And, as Rob pointed out, it is a compound, a Vauclain compound.

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Tim,

What a super looking machine, clean lines which are a bit European. Perhaps Milwaukee's Swedish background played a part? I assume it's a 'Vauclain' compound with a single crosshead serving both cylinders. I can't help wondering if this didn't lead to a certain amount of 'nosing' when working steam hard.

Move on 30 years and put a streamlined shroud on it........

I never thought about a Swedish influence in the Milwaukee Road, but it kind of has that quality. The style is pretty much common for the period in the USA. But that headlight case in not.

[ebnertra000]

That thing does look really nice. It almost looks like they found a spare dome laying around and made it into a headlight

[Weter]

What do You think, doesn't that boiler seem too small for "very fast passenger"?

[keystoneaholic]

In 1896 boilers would have been a lot smaller that even 10 years later, so this one is pretty much what could be expected. On the other hand, the size of the driving wheels very definitely say that this loco was built for speed.

[Weter]

That's hard to disagree, Rob. Thanks.