Southern was also hoping to alleviate wartime traffic constraints when they went to ACLO for 4-8-8-4 locos in 1944. Pleased with their 2-8-8-2 âChesapeakeâ class, the Big Boy wheel arrangement was a natural progression and would prove itself on the steep grades throughout the southeast.* *Alternate history- some facets have been massaged
Southern was also hoping to alleviate wartime traffic constraints when they went to ACLO for 4-8-8-4 locos in 1944. Pleased with their 2-8-8-2 âChesapeakeâ class, the Big Boy wheel arrangement was a natural progression and would prove itself on the steep grades throughout the southeast.* *Alternate history- some facets have been massaged