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Anonymous Wed 12 Jun 2019 01:31:55 No.1345919 View View Reply Original Report

Why were early 4-4-0 inside cylinder locomotives in the USA called Dutch Wagons and were any other locomotives other than the "Daniel Nason" preserved?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 12 Jun 2019 02:24:12 No.1345937 Report

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>>1345919
Damn, I really haven't been around. This is the first I've heard of an inside cylinder 4-4-0 in America.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 12 Jun 2019 03:48:08 No.1345998 Report

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There were some wacky designs before the outside cylinder 4-4-0 American became a meme. Antebellum and Civil War era railroading is underappreciated.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 12 Jun 2019 16:45:08 No.1346196 Report

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>>1345919
I just happened upon this thread, but Dutch anything would mean German (Geman and Germany being new words invented after the unification to deal with the fact Netherlands staied separate and got the dibs on the Deutsch-Dutch name in English). So if I had to guess, these were designs inspired by stuff seen in some of the contemporary German states.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 13 Jun 2019 00:17:25 No.1346359 Report

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>>1346196
This is an important point. To this day the primary language of Amish/Mennonite communities, "Pennsylvania Dutch" is more closely descended from German. "Dutch" and "Deutsch" sounded so alike to the uninitiated colonist that they were taken to be the same.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 14 Jun 2019 19:48:32 No.1347169 Report

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>>1346359
Interesting as these locomotives came about in that area.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 15 Jun 2019 00:14:01 No.1347223 Report

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>>1346359
>"Dutch" and "Deutsch" sounded so alike to the uninitiated colonist that they were taken to be the same.
No. “Dutch” was the Middle English name for “German”. The Amish speak Low German.

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