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1880s and 1890s 2 foot gauge porter question
Dillon rail enthusiast Trinh:
I have a question, did h.k. porter built any 2 foot gauge steam locomotives with the 1880s to 1890s design like they did for the 3 foot and 2'6 gauge?
Like these photos for example?
Philip Marshall:
--- Quote from: Dillon rail enthusiast Trinh on December 24, 2020, 04:54:08 PM ---I have a question, did h.k. porter built any 2 foot gauge steam locomotives with the 1880s to 1890s design like they did for the 3 foot and 2'6 gauge?
Like these photos for example?
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Yes, Porter was definitely building two-foot gauge engines in the 1880s-1890s. Wiscasset & Quebec No. 1 was a Porter 0-4-4T built in 1883 as Sandy River No. 3, to cite one prominent example. However, the only surviving classic 1880s-1890s Porter 0-4-0T saddletank engine in two-foot gauge I know of is Merced Gold Mining No. 1 (Porter C/N 1896, built 1898) in Coulterville, California: https://www.steamlocomotive.info/vlocomotive.cfm?Display=1431
The old Porter catalogs show they built engines in gauges from 18 inches up, and the several surviving 20-inch gauge Porters from the Arizona Copper Co./Coronado Railroad are well known, for example https://www.steamlocomotive.info/vlocomotive.cfm?Display=27149 and https://www.steamlocomotive.info/vlocomotive.cfm?Display=1569
I understand the complete Porter construction list was published a few years ago by Kalmbach. I don't have a copy myself, but the data are available.
Dillon rail enthusiast Trinh:
--- Quote from: Philip Marshall on December 26, 2020, 01:27:23 AM ---
--- Quote from: Dillon rail enthusiast Trinh on December 24, 2020, 04:54:08 PM ---I have a question, did h.k. porter built any 2 foot gauge steam locomotives with the 1880s to 1890s design like they did for the 3 foot and 2'6 gauge?
Like these photos for example?
--- End quote ---
Yes, Porter was definitely building two-foot gauge engines in the 1880s-1890s. Wiscasset & Quebec No. 1 was a Porter 0-4-4T built in 1883 as Sandy River No. 3, to cite one prominent example. However, the only surviving classic 1880s-1890s Porter 0-4-0T saddletank engine in two-foot gauge I know of is Merced Gold Mining No. 1 (Porter C/N 1896, built 1898) in Coulterville, California: https://www.steamlocomotive.info/vlocomotive.cfm?Display=1431
The old Porter catalogs show they built engines in gauges from 18 inches up, and the several surviving 20-inch gauge Porters from the Arizona Copper Co./Coronado Railroad are well known, for example https://www.steamlocomotive.info/vlocomotive.cfm?Display=27149 and https://www.steamlocomotive.info/vlocomotive.cfm?Display=1569
I understand the complete Porter construction list was published a few years ago by Kalmbach. I don't have a copy myself, but the data are available.
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But did they built the 2 foot gauge porters with the 1880s and 1890s design like the photos I posted?
Philip Marshall:
--- Quote from: Dillon rail enthusiast Trinh on December 28, 2020, 06:48:40 PM ---But did they built the 2 foot gauge porters with the 1880s and 1890s design like the photos I posted?
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Do you mean with a closed wooden cab as opposed to an open steel cab? Both types were standard Porter options, so I'm sure they did.
Dillon rail enthusiast Trinh:
--- Quote from: Philip Marshall on December 28, 2020, 06:58:36 PM ---
--- Quote from: Dillon rail enthusiast Trinh on December 28, 2020, 06:48:40 PM ---But did they built the 2 foot gauge porters with the 1880s and 1890s design like the photos I posted?
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Do you mean with a closed wooden cab as opposed to an open steel cab? Both types were standard Porter options, so I'm sure they did.
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Mmhmm.
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