Erie Triplex (Redone)
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This build was made by Zombiehunter2.0. If the author is listed as something else, then this is a reupload.
the last one i made sucked so i made it again.
"In all, only four triplex locomotives were built, and only in the United States. Because the tractive effort of the locomotives was so great that the couplings and frames of the cars could not withstand it, the triplex locomotives could only be used to bank heavy trains up steep grades. Even with their huge boilers, the Erie locomotives could only produce enough steam to run at 16 km/h (10 mph), the Virginian only 8.0 km/h (5 mph). The reason for this was the poor performance of the boilers due to the lack of exhaust draught from the driving wheelset under the tender. The Erie locomotives were used as helpers on the Susquehanna Hill also known as the Gulf Summit, near Deposit, New York, on the Southern Tier Line. After 13 years they were replaced by 2-10-2s and retired. All Erie triplex locomotives had been scrapped by 1930, and none have survived."
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