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Burlington & Lamoille RR - 0-6-6T

John Kohl

From page 84 of "A Locomotive Engineer's Album" by George B. Abdill

The caption reads:
Burlington & Lamoille RR owned the Mansfield, an 0-6-6T built by the Mason Machine Works of Taunton, Massachusetts. The engine is shown here at William Mason's factory, ready for delivery; note the absense of a headlight, many roads preferring to apply their own favored type of lamp. In contrast with his 4-4-0 types, which had concealed counterbalances, this "bogie" has visible counterbalances in each of her drivers

Check the roof overhang on the front of the cab, it's almost as great as the overhang in back of the cab. I note also that her valve gear is a little different, the link from the bottom of the crosshead goes back rather than forward, so the distinctive curved vertical link is not present.

David Fletcher

I sure haven't seen a Mason quite like that one before! The valve gear is different to all we've seen so far, but has a lot of similarities with W.M. Mason and Leviathan. Overall the loco is very unusual in many respects.

(c) 2007 Iron Horse 1:29