Double headed J's?

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The Cincinnati RR Club has a single photo of two J's double-heading the
ARROW past Clare yard.  Based  on my research, I have photos of two K-2's,
two J's, A and J and A and K-2 eastbound out of Cincinnati.   The schedule
was set up so that an engine arriving at CUT could be serviced and set off
as protection power for the next passenger train going east.  This engine
would then power the next train east.  

 

There are no known photos of doubling passenger trains westbound to
Cincinnati; this would be quite unlikely as the 'normal' train consist of
the Pocahontas, Arrow or Cavalier wouldn't require this- although there were
a bunch of second sections of the Cavalier in heavy mail times, particularly
eastward.   The trains of the double-headed eastbound trains is NEVER more
than that which a single engine could handle with ease.

 

It would seem that N&W power dispatching was well aware of the reliability
of the J's and rebuilt K-2's so that they would send the protection power
engine back east early in a double-head move.

Class A's were common on the Peavine as they were the power for the time
freights 85/86, 77/78 and lots of the 94/99 trains as indicated by employee
time book records with Y-5's mostly holding down the coal extras and many of
the heavy freights on 94/99.  It is not known if the returned  Class A
engines were brought over as freight engines and doubled on to the passenger
train eastward or were brought into CUT as passenger power.  One photo I
have shows an A and a J at the CUT platforms.  

 

I cannot speak as to the power on baseball specials or any other special
train in or out of CUT.

 

I would propose that the double-headed passenger trains lost one engine at
Portsmouth, Ohio upon its arrival.  

 

Gary Rolih

Cincinnati

 

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I believe the 1952 campaign train of Dwight Eisenhower used double headed
J's from Winston-Salem to Roanoke, Lynchburg, and beyond.

 

 

       Ray Smoot

 

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Hi Bob

 

Class Js running together was not what I'd consider a common occurrence. The
only consistent occasions that I've found were special trains, usually
carrying a US President or candidate. There was an occasional occurrence,
but for the most part during normal operations, no. Rarely were Js
doubleheader in any case, I suspect that the photos you are thinking of
Class K2/K2a with freight locomotives. Those cases, were generally a break
in run after shopping, or simply moving power to return it to its home
terminal.

 

It is your railroad, run whatever you like! 

 

Ken Miller

 

On Feb 3, 2012, at 9:03 AM, NW Mailing List wrote:

 

Hello,

  I've seen many photos of J's double headed with other types of locomotives
but did the N&W ever run 2 J's together. I'm an N scale modeler and would
love to run two of them together, I think it would look great. Thanks in
advance.

 

Bob Parsons

Indianapolis

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