Electrics, was Re: Steam (NW Mailing List)

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Ken,

On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 7:57 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:


> NW Mailing List wrote:

>

>> Exactly; if you want a coal-powered railway today, build a coal-fired

>> power plant with the requisite pollution-control equipment (which could

>> never be accommodated on a loco anyway) and hang some wire.

>>

>

> This brings up a fair point, and one which few steam locomotive fanatics

> (and I include myself in that group) are happy to admit.  A steam locomotive

> under heavy load can throw a LOT of stuff into the air.  Look at the firing

> rates of even the best locomotives, compared to stationary or even marine

> boilers.  Here's a paragraph from John H. White's "A History of the American

> Locomotive":



It doesn't have to if the Gas Producer Combustion System (GPCS) is utilized
in the firebox.



>

> ...

>

> On the subject of electrification, and to make this post at least somewhat

> relevant to the list, does anybody know why the Virginian never electrified

> further east than Roanoke?  Also, did the N&W have any electrified trackage,

> other than the former Virginian?



The N&W had electrification over Elkhorn Mountain but converted to steam
when they built the new tunnel.

John Rhodes
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