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Locomotive Quarterly 1978 Spring Number 3 Volume 2
Locomotive Quarterly 1978 Spring Number 3 Volume 2
Clinchfield Articulated haven
Spectacular Sierra Junction Keddie CA
Dual service mother Hubbarbs on the NYO&W
A western sojurn with Harvey High
Medium-sized railroads possess a charm all their own. The giants generally bought motive power with an eye to standardization's economies and the need to accommodate wide-ranging circumstances. The smallest roads generally were restricted to lighter engines, limited in variety and often hand-me-downs from other companies that reflected since-forgotten concepts of an alien past. Those in the middle frequently developed rosters attuned to regional conditions that set them decidedly apart.
Such was the case with the Clinchfield. This all-mountainous Southeastern carrier ran perhaps the highest ratio of articulated road engines in the United States. Its Mallet compound 2-6-6-2s and 2-8-8-2s were effective drag and helper engines in the era of tonnage freight. When speedup time came to American railroading, the CC&O replied by moving up to fast-stepping Challengers, simple articulated 4-6-6-4s that broke with some of the road's traditions, but maintained the concept of maximum power in a single unit. The capped stacks of the last Challenger group, however, were a wistful reminder of past days and a romantic tie to past practices.
So, too, the New York, Ontario & Western saw fit to obtain engines matching its specific regional requirements. Commencing in the 1890s, it made dual-purpose Mother Hubbard Moguls an important part of its fleet-fast enough for heavy seasonal passenger service and for its milk trains, yet with enough muscle to pinch hit in the ever-power-short coal pool and elsewhere. Extensive rebuilding and unique variations in their assignments brought these engines a particular flavor of individualism within a roster noted overall for that quality.
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