World War II Steam Locomotive Query: Stationary Power Production

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Yes of course they were.  Pardon my stone fingers.  Dave, you were long gone by the time I arrived there from the USAEOCR in Ft. Belvoir having been branch transferred to TC and the 714th after completing TOAC.  Myself and fellow graduate of 22H69 in August '69 Chuck Engleberger, were assigned to HHC and Charlie respectively.  Nice to spend two years in the States - he and I both went to RVN.  The failure was in the winter of 70, February if I remember right.
And attached for your appreciation is #607 coming over the trestle with the James River in the background (photo by SP4 Lawrence Rundle, 27 Jan 70) with the "kiddie train" in tow (you remember those, right?).  The TC OCR was closed by the time I got there.....
I have the builder's plate from one of the diesels but the bells and plates from the steamers disappeared pretty quickly.

Ed Svitil

Norfolk & Western Railway

 

  


Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 16:13:35 -0400
Subject: Re: World War II Steam Locomotive Query: Stationary Power Production
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From: nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org






The 714th's steamers were 2-8-0s of WWII vintage.  I had TC OCS there 
'66-'67 then was stationed there for my two years active duty '67-'69.  I 
don't remember the steam plant failure so I assume it was after I was "promoted 
to civilian" in May of '69.
 
Dave Phelps
 

In a message dated 10/23/2013 3:56:39 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:
I can 
  tell you that while at Ft  Eustis from 69-70 we had a steam plant failure 
  and one of the 714 TBROSDE 0-8-0s was placed into service.   Only 
  temporary but the engine had to be idled due to build up in the firebox. 
   Chocks were welded to the rails and the steam lines were hoses, not 
  pipes. I will forward this question to one of my former LTs in C 
  Company.

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  Hello All,

  

  I have a steam locomotive history question that I hope one 
  or more of you can answer for a World War II model railroading project I am 
  engaged in. In addition, I am generally interested in this question from a 
  history of technology standpoint. There were a number of N&W locomotives 
  used during the war as stationary steam units for industrial power use when 
  plant construction schedules and war needs overlapped. In a number of cases 
  large articulated units were used to bring plants online before onsite power 
  plants were finished because of wartime expediency. Mason Cooper mentions this 
  in his book on the Shenandoah Division and has a few photos. My question, from 
  a modeling standpoint, is how were such locomotives secured to the track for 
  long periods? Were wheel sets chocked or the united attached to the ground in 
  some manner? The last time I was down at the archives I meant to search for 
  photographs but forgot and may try later in the year.
   
  I am building either a chemical or pharmaceutical plant and 
  plan to have one locomotive in the foreground providing steam through a 
  pipeline system although I have been wondering about how the locomotive was 
  secured. Any thoughts or anyone with previous experience with the matter would 
  be greatly appreciated.
   
  Best,
   
  Gerard
   
  Gerard J. Fitzgerald
  Charlottesville, Virginia 
  

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