Here are 12 photos that represent the stylistic and engineering changes that occured to the Cooke moguls over those
years, as run on the DSP&P, then DL&G to finally the C&S.
The 1884 builder's photo of the Cooke Mogul as delivered to the South Park, with Congdon stack. Note these
were among the very first locomotives in the US to be factory fitted with the Westinghouse Air Brake System. LGB
make this version.
1885 Not long in service the Cooke Moguls were altered with new Diamond stacks, new cabs and headlights.
Around 1885 the DSP experimented with extended smokeboxes and straight stacks in an effort to improve the efficiency
of an already highly respected loco.
Through the 1890s to 1900, and to the C&S, the Cooke locos were updated with pancake stacks, raised running boards,
and rounded domes.
In the early 1900s, under the C&S ownership, some Cooke Moguls were again altered with extended smokeboxes.
1903 Cooke Moguls started to get the C&S style added air tanks.
1922 A couple of the Cooke locos, with original straight boilers found their way to the last incarnation, with bear
trap stacks and boiler mounted air tanks.
The bulk of the Cooke locos were rebuilt in 1900-1917 with larger wagon top boilers, new dome setouts and extended smokeboxes.
The Cooke's start to look like they belong to the C&S with spark screens on the stack and headlights on outreachers.
The final incarnation of the Cooke Mogul of the C&S, complete with beartrap stack. LGB made this version.
As noted, we have engineering drawings of the Cooke Mogul, as built for the Kansas & Gulf Short Line. This 1880 Cooke
2-6-0 was the precursor to the Locos built for the DSP&P. The K&G 2-6-0 was a tad smaller and lighter than our DSP version,
and also had smaller drivers. Note the beautiful look of the loco, with Radley Hunter stack.
In the early 1880s, Baldwin also build some compact and heavy Moguls of the 8-22-D variety, both for domestic and export
purposes. In the 1870s, the 8-22-D looked somewhat like the Bachmann 2-6-0, with wagon top boiler and unevenly spaced
drive wheels. In the 1880s, more compact 8-22-D moguls came out of very similar proportions to the 1884 Cooke Mogul. In 1881 Baldwin shipped five heavy 2-6-0s of the 8-22-D type to the D&RG. These became the class 45 on the D&RG. As built,
they looked like a shortenned C-16, with larger driving wheels. Overal proportion was similar to the Cooke Mogul, except the
boiler of the class 45 was lower slung above the chassis.
The B&W photo shows the class 45 rebuilt and running on the West Virginia Midland, after her time on the D&RG. The drawing
of the class 45 was done by Rob Sloan. A full drawing and photos can be found in Finescale RR, May 2001 (an excellent series
on Baldwin's Moguls). In the same year, 1881, Baldwin also built and delivered 8 similar heavy 8-22-D Moguls to Australia's State of South Australia.
The 2-6-0s would become the 'X' class, and remained in service until 1905. One sold on for lumber use in Western Australia
survived until 1943. The X-Class were similar to the D&RG Class 45, but with smaller 38" drivers. Other minor differences
were also the bell on the roof of the X class, while on the class 45 it sat on top of the sand dome lid.
Both of these fabulous Baldwins can also be built from using the Bachmann 4-6-0 chassis as a base at 1:20.3 scale, very similar
to the Cooke 2-6-0 patterns.
