brains Wrote:
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> Hi PDX - Got to ride behind a "Merchant Navy"
> Bulleid on the Swanage (preserved) Railway in
> southern England. Great stalk talk.
> Odd the American bias against inside cylinders
> and crank axles and attendant valve train.
> Increased output vs. increased maintainance.

I never really cared for British steam until I stood next to and rode behind a West Country class pacific named Bodmin also at the Swanage Railway and then I changed my mind.
I also like the sound of a hard working shay since we're talking about three cylinder locomotives.