Actually it seems to have been a 2-6-6-6. So much for my memory, I photographed the one at the Henry Ford Museum sever times.
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.
