There are quite a few good video clips on there. It's worth a rake around. > > From: "Bob Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/11/07 Wed PM 01:19:19 GMT > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: More stream power > > Mike, > Marvelous! > You have to wait for it, > and then the experience is sensory overload! > Regards, Bob S. > > On 11/7/07, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > For those with the interest and the bandwidth, here is 611 at full chuff. > > http://www.rail-videos.net/video/view.php?id=927 > > > > > > From: Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Date: 2007/11/07 Wed AM 06:13:23 GMT > > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > > > Subject: Re: More stream power > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------- > > Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email > > Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam > > > > > > -- > > 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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