by SSW9389
Dang, I am glad I started this thread. Everyone is drawing some of the same conclusions I did: there is no complete list, The Diesel Shop lists do not concur with Kirkland, nor do either concur with Steinbrenner.
I noticed in my Louisville & Nashville Diesel Locomotives that the five L&N FPA-2s weigh in at 255,300 pounds and that the regular FA-2s weigh 243,500. This weight difference gives some credence to equipment differences between the two models making for nearly a 6 ton difference. Messers Castner, Flanary, and Gordon found that the L&N indeed had five FPA-2s. Steinbrenner found the same thing. The X2200 roster has them as FA-2s, same for Diesel Shop.
The Extra 2200 South roster that the Diesel Shop Roster is based on appears dated to me. I tend to agree that an FA-2 or FB-2 with a steam generator should get the P designation. Howsomever are all steam generators and water tanks created alike. Do some of these units have different equipment options? And are six of those Cuban FA-2s carrying steam generators?
Steinbrenner has a photo of the 1602 demo set on page 304. He clearly labels them as FPA-2 and FPB-2s. Ben Ringwalda's GN website shows these units as purely freight, so they evidentily lost their steam gennies when sold to GN.
I noticed in my Louisville & Nashville Diesel Locomotives that the five L&N FPA-2s weigh in at 255,300 pounds and that the regular FA-2s weigh 243,500. This weight difference gives some credence to equipment differences between the two models making for nearly a 6 ton difference. Messers Castner, Flanary, and Gordon found that the L&N indeed had five FPA-2s. Steinbrenner found the same thing. The X2200 roster has them as FA-2s, same for Diesel Shop.
The Extra 2200 South roster that the Diesel Shop Roster is based on appears dated to me. I tend to agree that an FA-2 or FB-2 with a steam generator should get the P designation. Howsomever are all steam generators and water tanks created alike. Do some of these units have different equipment options? And are six of those Cuban FA-2s carrying steam generators?
Steinbrenner has a photo of the 1602 demo set on page 304. He clearly labels them as FPA-2 and FPB-2s. Ben Ringwalda's GN website shows these units as purely freight, so they evidentily lost their steam gennies when sold to GN.
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