Re: A high drivered Adriatic Type and a 4-8-4T
Author: Pdxrailtransit
Date: 12-19-2018 - 11:49
Ed Workman Wrote:
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> So an "Adriatic" is just a 2-6-2?
> The Adriatic I am familiar with was an Italian
> coal-burning 4 cylinder compound 1900-1930-ish
> It is of interest onnacounta its cab forward
> arrangement pre-dated NPC 21,
> taken as the 'first' cab forward by U.S. fans.
> But that was in 1901, and the Adriatic had already
> been illustrated in the trade press- as one of the
> stars of the Paris Exhibition.
> Bob CHurch is up-dating his cab-forward book and
> will undoubtedly mention the "Mucca"s.
> Otto Perry made a photo in the 30s
An Adriatic is a 2-6-4, but Wikipedia did mention that the design did evolve from the Prarie Type.