R-2, From Eddystone to the Great Northern How?

pennsyfanman posted:

I was curious about how locomotives like the R-2 or any unit built by Baldwin at Eddystone were delivered to their owners, especially those being delivered out West. 

Shipped dead in train, with the main rods removed and a "rider" on board to keep things lubricated in transit.

Did they go powered under their own steam or were they in a consist,

No, dead in train.

and who's tracks did they use leaving Eddystone, PRR's or Reading's

It probably depended on what railroad actually served the factory, and also what railroads specified what the routing would be.

 

thanks....russ

Baldwin built Santa Fe 4-8-4's were too tall to go through Baltimore tunnels on their way west and were loaded on to barges to cross Baltimore's harbor then put back on the rails to continue west.

Ahmmm, the Great Northern R2 2-8-8-2's were built at the Hillyard Shops in Spokane, WA, so no problem !    But very large locomotives built by the eastern builders going west, were often shipped on the Erie, which had very generous clearances, as it was built to 6' gauge in the 19th century.

  I was thinking the same thing that they were built at Hillyard shops in Spokane. 

 A trick question? Lol

Al

Yes, the R-2's were built at Hillyard.  The first four Class R-1 2-8-8-2's were built by Baldwin,

First let me say thanks for your replies. 

This was not a trick question.

I was on "Steamlocomotive.com" just looking at a few things and got to wondering about how Steam locomotives got delivered.

Leave it to me to pick an engine Baldwin didn't build to use as an example. I could have picked any number of examples but nooooooooooo I had to pick the R-2  I mean to say Baldwin only built about 70,000 units, my luck.

Thanks again Hotwater and others. Rheil: That was an interesting story about the Santa Fe 4-8-4

russ

An artic with a Belpaire!  A railroad based in Philly should had ordered some!

Locomotive in transit:  A Cab Froward in Kansas City:

Rusty

Don't worry Russ a legite question indeed. I like the story on how the Pennsy moved the S1 to the world fair a big head ache

Al