Grand Trunk Western unusual 2-8-2 Mikado

Name	Type	Comments	Date

Tim Fennell	General	Richard Lenard’s Steam Locomotive Archives offers this explanation, “A wheel arrangement so rare that it doesn't even appear in most lists of steam locomotive types was the 0-8-2. The Grand Trunk Western owned six of them; another user of the 0-8-2 was the Illinois Central. Actually, these engines had been converted from 2-8-2s by amputating the pilot truck. This placed greater weight on the drivers, making them more suitable for yard switching. … Larry Bell (mentioned above) wrote me as follows: ‘In Durand, the 3500s were used on the 'top end jobs' almost exclusively. They were nice riding compared to the 0-8-0's because of the trailer wheel. However, they could be a difficult engine for a fireman, before conversion, because they had a long firebox and did not have a stoker. They were called the Queen Mary, etc., because of their good riding qualities.’”	3/2/2020 11:39:02 PM

Denis Chartrand	General	Mikado 2-8-2 S-1-g 3515 to 3517, 3520-3523 were converted to 0-8-2 switcher in 1936-37.	4/1/2022 6:27:51 PM

Grand Trunk Western unusual 2-8-2 Mikado
Grand Trunk Western unusual 2-8-2 Mikado. Missing front truck. Is it then a 0-8-2?
Date: 7/1/1950	Location: Unknown, IL	Views: 518	Collection Of: Denis Chartrand
Locomotives: GTW 3517(2-8-2)			Author: Unknown date and location. Manning Brothers picture. Collection of the late Yves St-Hilaire

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