TANK ENGINES: I SAY WHAT?

This little H.K. Porter 0-4-0T, Has a Special place in my Heart, It is the First Steam Locomotive that I got to run. It belonged to the Father of a close Friend of my Mother's. Clyde had 3or 4 hudred feet of track on his property, not a long run, but as a first opportunity to run a live Steam Locomotive, it was a Priceless experience. Unfortunately, my only opportunity to run her was at the Final Steam Up in Clyde's Honor after his passing. I was fortunate to meet Clyde before his death, a very Friendly and Interesting Man, with an Impressive collection of assorted vintage machinery.

 

 

Doug

 

 

Here's the HENRY CLAY from the PIONEER TUNNEL that I helped run the past 3 summers, in Ashland Pa.

 

Standing in front of LOKIE with MOM.

 

Adding water to the saddle tank.

 

At the throttle

 

On another tour.

Lee, You have the Boston and Albany. They were recently on sale online for $450. I think. Just picked one up. NOS K-line. Last engine they made with cruise. My favorite tank now also. Used for commuter service. Never turned them around like they do now with the diesels.

Tank engine and docksiders have become interchangeable terms thanks to Lionel’s marketing department. That’s not the only thing they got wrong (Trestle bridge anybody?)  Tank engines generally were used where space was confined such as Locomotive and car shops, industrial settings and docks as well as some logging operations..
The MTH “Docksider” is a good model, albeit, a little large, of the 7 class C-16 locomotives B&O used on the Pratt St. warehouse district. Later No.99 had its tanks removed and a tender added.
I am not familiar with the term Little Joe being applied the B&O docksiders. It usually refers to the large General Electric 2-D + D-2 South Shore or Milwaukee Road electric locomotives. They were originally built for the Soviet Union but because of the Berlin blockade the State Department blocked them. The nickname refers to Joe Stalin.

I have a video showing these being used for commuter runs pulling 3 or 4 passenger cars. I forget the RR, but I think it may have been in the NE.

"L Class" 4-6-4T locos on English railways were used for express passenger services on the "Brighton Belle" before electrification in 1933.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LB%26SCR_L_class