That 4-6-4T at the end is an interesting beast. We did not operate many tank locos over here so to see one on a passenger train always catches me off balance.
In American practice tank engines were mostly used for switching (shunting), because of their small overall length and the short ranges they typically covered.
Those Gresely Pacifics are some of the most beautiful locomtives made anywhere.
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Personally speaking, the P-40 could contend on an equal footing with all the types of Messerschmitts, almost to the end of 1943.
~Nikolay Gerasimovitch Golodnikov
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