Are you sure it's not "The General?" I never saw it, so I wouldn't know.
I know there were 4 locos used in that movie but the commentary said there was only two?
BTW, Cigar Joe, some of the pictures you posted here are missing... could you try to upload them again? They're really interesting.
I'm assuming all have noticed the broad gauge track in Leone's westerns
He said there had been broad gauge railways in the South, but after the Civil War they had been rebuilt to Standard. And I have it proven from a book...
The A&S ( Albany & Syracuse or Albany & Schenectedy forget which) here in New York state was a broad gauge as the Erie.
That's true, but most likely the Union army would want a standard or narrow gauge railroad in New Mexico. The smaller the gauge, the easier it is to navigate tight curves and climb mountains similar to those in the Southwest.