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[edit] ISBNs
See Talk:2-10-4#ISBNs. Slambo (Speak) 14:29, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Norway
Norwegian Railways employed a number of 2-8-4/1-D-2's, dubbed "Dovre Giants".172.144.142.60 10:58, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] United States Railroads Missing Details
Cooke Works delivered locomotives in early 1900´s to International Great Northern Railroad. Alco sales records shows ALCo-S 67656 - 67660 / 1928 2-8-4S 28x30 63 385.000 lb Missouri & Pacific Railroad Nr.1121 - 1125. Not International Great Northern Railroad Nr.1121 - 1125. Allocated by Missouri & Pacific to its Texas subsidiary International & Great Northern Railroad. (Same numbers.) Missouri & Pacific Railroad received new Berkshires from Lima 7476 - 7500 / 1930 2-8-4 28x30 63 412.000 lb Nr.1901 - 1925. In this case the correct name is Missouri Pacific Railroad Company (I-GN) Nr.1121 - 1125. Here is interesting detail. Baldwin had delivered to International & Great Northern in 1921 and 1924 ten 2-8-2 Mikado locomotives Nr. 501 - 510 just before the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company gained financial control over the International & Great Northern through its another subsidiary, the New Orleans, Texas, & Mexico Railway Company which purchased International Great Northern Railroad Company on June 20, 1924 only to be itself being purchased by Missouri Pacific Railroad Company and merged on January 1, 1925 to Mo-Pac. International & Great Railroad Company become this way part of Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, but it continued to operate as separate unit until it was finally merged totally to Missouri Pacific Railroad Company on January 1, 1956.
This is pure speculation, but it seems that the parent company, the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company exchanged its five Berkshires against the ten International & Great Northern Railway Company´s Mikado locomotives to be allocated to some other place on the vast network. The Mikados being renumbered Missouri Pacific Railroad Nr. 1101 -1110. And then made an additional order for Lima built new Berkshires Nr.1901 - 1925 in 1929 or 1930.
Lima Nr.1 (The Demonstrator) 28x30 63 385.000 lb was later sold to Illinois Central Railroad where it was numbered to I.C. Nr.7050.
Boston & Maine Railroad Class T-1a locomotives Nr.4000, 4002, 4005, 4006, 4009, 4009, 4010, 4012, 4014, and 4019 were resold in 1945 to Southern Pacific Railroad where they become S.P. Nr´s. 3500 - 3509 respectively.
Boston & Maine Railroad Class T-1a locomotives Nr.4001, 4003, 4004, 4008, 4011, 4015, and 4018 were resold in 1951 to Atchinson, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company where they received new numbers in this respectively order: A.T.&S.F.Nr.4193, 4197, 4194, 4195, 4196, 4198, and 4199.
When New York, Chicago & St.Louis Railroad at first leased the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad in 1949 where the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad Berkshires renumbered into New York, Chicago & St.Louis Railroad numbering scheme when Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad was offically incorporated to N.Y.C.&St.L. ( better known as the Nickel Plate Road)? Small details, but important ones just to create a detailed Berkshire type locomotive history in Wikipedia which has not been yet been done.
Would it be better to arrange another list of the US railroads to alternative order showing one group of railroads under same financial ownership which owned Berkshires? Just as Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, New York, Chicago & St.Louis Railroad, Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad etc to give a clearer picture.
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.114.199.54 (talk) 15:23, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
