scottychaos wrote:No one has ever compiled an all-time LV steam roster..
I have considered trying it!
but for most railroads that began in the 1850's, its really not possible..
the data simply doesnt exist for the really early rosters..
(or if it does exist, no one knows where it is.)
Thats right. I'm most interested in the locos which get a LV classification like B-1, E-13, K-5 or O-3 ...
scottychaos wrote:
so "all-time" is probably impossible..although we could try it!
As I was 16 years old, I planned to collect enough data to have a complete 1870-up-to-today - roster of all engines (steam, electric, dieel and MUs) for all important Railways of this earth.
Now I am near 33 years old and I have collected datas from about 19,500 different classes of locos and MUs worldwide - but only in the case of Denmark, Germany and Austria I can say "Work is done!".
scottychaos wrote:
There is however pretty good data for the 20th century steam roster..
that is all quite well documented.
Some good data for the later steam roster is here:
http://www.northeast.railfan.net/lv_steam.html
http://www.northeast.railfan.net/lv_steam1.html
(Although those dont list the details you were looking for)
Combined with
http://orion.math.iastate.edu/jdhsmith/term/sluslv.htm it works for a few classes...
scottychaos wrote:
and in some books..
I will see what I can dig up over the next few days..
Scot
The book "The Railway and Locomotive
Historical Society Bulletin #126" was recommended to met, but I've spent $ 80.00 last week on books to get a complete roster of L&N steam locomotives so I've to wait a little bit...
