The following article regarding the Virginian Railway's 2-10-10-2, class AE, Mallet steam locomotives, is from the "Railway Journal", published in 1921, by the National Association of Railway Agents. The locomotives were built in Schenectady, N. Y. by the American Locomotive Company (often shortened to "Alco") in 1918. Because they were too large to be shipped assembled, the huge locomotives were shipped partially dismantled. Each locomotive required one flat, one gondola and one box car to carry the loose and detached parts. When built, the Virginian's 2-10-10-2 locomotives were the largest locomotives in the world. The locomotives weighted 449 tons, were 105 feet in length, developed 5,040 horsepower, and had a tractive power of 147,200 pounds. According to the article, the railroad expect to be able to haul 78-car trains over the steep grade between Elmore to Clark's Gap, on the Virginian's Deepwater division in W.Va., by using a 2-8-8-2 on the head-end, along with a 2-10-10-2 as a pusher on the rear of the train.
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