EBT Locomotive Roster
11

#11 was the first locomotive on the line with a wide firebox over a trailing truck. By this, the firebox is behind the last set of driving wheels instead of between them, and supported by a trailing tuck rather than the rear drivers. In this design the firebox size is no longer constrained by the width of the wheels and can be made wider and more efficient. She was also the first with the more modern Walcharts valve gear. #11 represented a 10% increase in tractive effort over #10. Though it had less tractive effort than #7, it applied more if it's power to the rails without slipping.

#11 was so successful, that the EBT expanded on the 2-6-2 Prairie design with and additional driving axle resulting in 2-8-2 #12. Eventually this was further expanded to the other five Mikados that remain at the EBT to this day. The six Mikados became the backbone of the EBT. #11 was in large part a victim of its own success as within 12 years #11 was one of the smaller locomotive on the EBT. As such she often worked the Shade Gap and other branch lines as well as pulling the Business car on special runs. By 1943 she was reported as being off the roster. she is reported as being sold in April of 1943 ^G3 but other research shows her being sold for scrap in Nov 1947^G4. The latter indicates that she was sold to Luria Brothers in Coatesville for scrapping.

General References

• G1 - East Broad Top - Lee Rainey and Frank Kyper - p. 217
• G2 - A Ramble into the Past on the East Broad Top - Frank Kyper - p.60-61
• G3 - East Broad Top, Rainey and Kyper p. 158
• G4 - EBT internel letter, 11-13-47, couresy Richard Wickett