Why No Garratts in North America?
Interesting - I had not realized that there were no standard gauge Garratts. Still, the design allows a large firebox, stout boiler, and large drivers, all while not getting too tall. I recognize that the American loading gauge was quite a bit bigger than in most countries, but there were plenty of railroads, particularly in the East, that had restricted loading gauges.
I find it particularly maddening, considering how enthralled the Pennsylvania became with the duplex-drive concept. I've never understood why they didn't just build the Ts and Qs as articulated locomotives - articulateds never seemed to suffer from the same wheelslip issues the duplexes did, and were far more flexible on winding old eastern lines. It seems that the Garratts would have been even another step further toward offering a high-power, high-tractive-effort locomotive that could work well in places with tight curves and tunnels. The Pennsylvania also seemed to have a history of taking interest in British railroad developments.
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Best vacation spot in North America?
My favourite vacation spot use to be Niagara Falls until we went to Florida and WDW in March of 2005! Since then, I have this urge to keep returning to the Orlando area every 2 years!
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Why didnt the Europeans do the samething to Africa as they did to North America?
Ok to give a serious answer the difference is in the number of white settlers and the reason they went there. In America there were no natural resourses to right home about there only worth was to function as a settler colony hence why these places were colonised. Africa on the other hand has lots of natural resourses and since whites didnt want to actually do the mining and didn't want to live there the blacks were made to do these jobs. The difference is that when you went to America you wnet there to live if you went to africa it was a job and when you were done you returned home to England.
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Where have you traveled to or Where do you want to Travel to?
I've visited and travelled to all 50 states in the US and every prefecture in Japan with the exception of Okinawa. I have visited Pusan, Korea via the ferry from Japan. I have also visited and travelled in Canada and Mexico.
I have never been to Europe yet, but I will visit one of these days. I would also like to visit China, Egypt, and South America, especially Belize and Guatemala where the ancient cultures once thrived.
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What's Right With America?
Generally, I'd say it's our natural resources, the foresight and brilliance of our founding fathers, and the generous, open, and ingenious spirit of the American populus. I do think that we are in a strained period of history where we're strained but it will be those things which will enable us to endure.
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