Talk:2-8-8-8-4

Tractive Force ?

This must have been among the most powerful locomotives built - does anyone have any specs? How did it compare to challengers and big boys or other similar locomotives? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.31.184.166 (talk) 20:53, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Please see the final paragraph of 2-8-8-8-2#Overview_of_Triplex_engineering and the first paragraph of Tractive_effort#Values_and_comparisons_for_steam_locomotives for the best information on this topic that Wikipedia currently has. It cites various figures and does not make clear whether there was much difference between Baldwin's 2 Triplex models (2-8-8-8-2 and 2-8-8-8-4). Hopefully eventually more definitive info will find its way here from secondary sources. — ¾-10 17:22, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

Dead link

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• http://www.steamlocomotive.com/articulated/virginianxa.shtml
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--JeffGBot (talk) 04:43, 10 June 2011 (UTC)