fantastic photo! everything about the photo looks perfect! one question, does the leading truck have springs? I see something that looks spring-ish to the bottom of the left buffer.
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The lead truck on a King had an angled frame, but is a standard bogie. The front axlebox needed to be outside the wheel to clear the inside cylinders and the rear axle is inside to clear the outside cylinders. (They have 4 cylinders) The springs and hangers are also outside for the front axle and visible to the left of the buffer. Imediatly under the left buffer and not attached to the truck is an air line for through piping to allow the engine to be towed in a main line train which are not vacumn braked.
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Ahh, i often forget about the Extra cylinders some locomotives have, Thank-you for the fill in!!
and once again Marvelous photograph.
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