Originally Posted by Hot Water:
The best sounding three cylinder steam locomotive I have ever witnessed at trackside, was the German 44 class 2-10-0, specifically #44-0093-3 (back in mid February 1998). The 44 class where the biggest and heaviest locomotives Germany had, and were too big to leave the country, as the two cylinder Kriegsloks (class 50) did.
Somebody please post some videos of the German class 44s! Thanks in advance.
The annual steam festival weekend is coming up at the end of the month at my local steam railway. They normally have a couple of 44's there. If they are running on that weekend, I'll see what I can do for you.