>>1306785Neat. I thought US railroads had allergies to Belpaire fireboxes as I've never seen a US one before. Why were they so rare?
In terms of styling, you can immediately tell that's a US locomotive by the main focus being maintenance accessibility, never mind the size.
>Air pumps on full show up front>Mass of exposed pipework>Huge outside cylinders>Walschaerts valve gear>>1306793The 4-6-2s looked quite British too