I was wondering ... On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 10:53:24AM -0500, Bill Owens wrote: > Should be 4-6-6-4. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > graywolf > Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 10:44 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: More stream power > > The Lima built Allegheny (4-3-3-4, I think) was designed as a passenger > locomotive but were mostly used to haul coal. Strange, since creeping along > at > those speeds they only produced about half the horsepower they were capable > of. > They were one of the biggest most powerful steam locomotives ever made. C&O > ran > them with 140 car coal trains, although I have read that they used a second > engine as a pusher in the mountains. > > My folks used to have a photo of me standing next to one. I must have been 5 > or > 6. The center of the drivers were above the top of my head. I was obscured > by a > cloud of steam. I believe that one was running a passenger train that my dad > was > a passenger on. > > > > Bob Sullivan wrote: > > Thanks Adam, > > 4-8-4 and a passenger locomotive. Impressive! > > Regards, Bob S. > > > > On 11/7/07, Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> N&W was one of the last of the great US roads to dieselize, although UP > >> would run steam longer after dieselization (UP tried just about > >> everything possible as motive power in the 1950's, but was primarily > >> diesel early on). > >> > >> The J's weren't freight locomotive's, they were fast passenger > >> locomotives (The large drivers are typical for passenger units, most > >> freight locomotives had smaller-drivers which were slower, but offered > >> more traction). N&W's great freight locomotives were the Y Class > >> Mallets, which were 2-8-8-2's with 16 drive wheels(the J's were > >> 4-8-4's). There were 14 J's, but only 8 of them were streamlined (the 5 > >> prewar J's and the 3 built in 1950, the other 6 built during WW2 lacked > >> streamlining as an austerity measure). > >> > >> -Adam > >> > >> > >> Bob Sullivan wrote: > >>> Interesting. That makes the N&W Mechanical Department the > >>> manufacturer. 'See, we don't need any of those stinking diesel > >>> locomotives! We can be just as pretty with steam.' > >>> > >>> More seriously, I think the coal service of the N&W operated steam for > >>> longer than most railroads. Moving the heavy coal drags was a chore > >>> that suited the steam power's performance characteristics. With the 4 > >>> main drive axels on that locomotive, she had to be in freight service. > >>> > >>> Regards, Bob S/ > >>> > >>> On 11/6/07, Bill Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>> Hey Bob, > >>>> > >>>> In this case, the manufacturer was the railroad. The N&W built a lot > of > >>>> their own engines and all of their coal hoppers, all in the Roanoke > shops. > >>>> At one time they had 4 of these J series engines, but only 611 is left > >>>> > >>>> Bill > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Bob > >>>> Sullivan > >>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 5:52 PM > >>>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>>> Subject: Re: More stream power > >>>> > >>>> Prettied up with a streamlined exterior. In the '50's, the locomotive > >>>> manufacturers were trying to hold onto their customer base. Not as > >>>> much muscle visible here. > >>>> Regards, Bob S. > >>>> > >>>> On 11/6/07, Bill Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>>> http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=200851&nseq=10 > >>>>> > >>>>> Not my photo, but a classic steam locomotive built at the Norfolk and > >>>>> Western shops in Roanoke, VA. It was built in 1950 and was arguably > the > >>>>> most efficient steam engine ever built. > >>>>> > >>>>> Bill > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>>>> [email protected] > >>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >>>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > >>>> follow the directions. > >>>> -- > >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > >>>> follow the directions. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > >>>> > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> [email protected] > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > >> > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions.
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