authorless Wrote:
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> I bet Bob-two hasn't ever read about the project.
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> $4 million is a lot. I don't see the point in
> having another big steamer.
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> Back east, there is already the PRR T1 and K-4,
> C&O 1309, 2716 & 614, RDG 2100 & 2102, NC&StL 576,
> and NKP 765, CNJ 113, and probably others I have
> forgotten!

J 611 on your list ?

"On a cold winter night of January 23, 1956, at 12:51 a.m., No. 611 derailed with the late Pocahontas train No. 3, pulling 11 cars at more than 50 mph around a 30 mph curved track along the Tug River near Cedar, West Virginia.

The locomotive slid down the embankment of the river and toppled onto its left side along with its tender and the first six cars while the last five cars remained on the rails, undamaged.

The engineer was killed, while the fireman, eight other crew members and 51 passengers were injured.

The accident gave No. 611 cosmetic damage to its left side, where its skirting panels, running boards, valve gear parts, and other appliance parts were completely torn off.The damage to the locomotive and its tender was estimated at $75,000. The locomotive and the six damaged cars were all repaired and put back into service.

The tender received dents, which was later removed during the locomotive's 2014-2015 restoration.However, its sand dome retained a large dent".