The third series #40 loco and tender are quite different from the first two.  It is catalogued from 1912 through 1916.    The pilot is now fixed to the boiler and the pilot truck pivots on its own.  It has new 14-spoke cast-iron drivers painted red and uses O-gauge cast pony wheels also painted red.  The nickel boiler bands have been replaced by red painted bands.  The boiler casting is all new and the number is rubber-stamped below the cab window rather than being on a lithoed plate.  The engine sits higher but is close in length to the previous  #40s.  This particular loco has no indication of any striping on the roof although other engines have this feature.   It features the fancier Walschaerts valve gear which is carried on through 1928 and the first die-cast 1134.

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