Posted By pfdx on 01/14/2008 4:41 PM
KMRy #3 is a very rare bird. It's a unrebuilt Vauclain compound. The only other surviving Vauclains are the Pikes peak cog engines in Colorado. All the rest, including the K-27's, were rebuilt simple.
# 4 was a Baldwin built 2-6-2 that has wandered to OK.
The KMRy is a neat railroad. I'm looking forward to your on going posts.
PFDX
Indeed it is rare. In fact, as I indicated, the closest loco I have to it is my K-27, which I will definitely use unaltered in its place. This Baldwin Vauclain Compound apparently became obsolete with the development of the superheaters. KMR #3 was a very large engine relative to the others, and that fact kept it from being used very much during its brief life on the KMR where it was finally abandoned.
KMR #3 under cover and in the process of restoration as a static display in Dawson City
