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Wed Aug 12 19:30:47 EDT 2015
Dave: A thought along different lines: the J's job in regular service was less demanding
than the train length / weight during excursion service. Would an N&W design along the
lines of the NYC / ALCo J3 Hudsons be closer to the actual need of the 1940-1960 era ?
Jerome Crosson; St Peters MO
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Jerome:
I think you'd have a hard time making a compelling case that the J was "overdesigned." Repeating what many have already said, and as Col. Jeffries illustrated in his book when he reproduced the N&W curves, the J was designed to have very high drawbar horsepower in the mid-speed range, and decent high speed capability when the track allowed. Slogging up ruling grades with 20+ trailing cars, exciting in excursion service, wasn't the point. High average speeds with varying consists, coming out of, for example, 30 mph curves and getting quickly back up to the 60-65 mph typically allowed on tangents, without doubleheading, was the point, and that the J did very nicely.
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Dave Phelps
In a message dated 8/11/2015 6:46:09 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:
Roger: My 2 cents regarding the A vs. the UP Challengers. The A is plus 14,000 pounds
on starting T.E.; has drivers 1 inch greater diameter; and weighs 50,000 pounds less.
The Y and the Big Boy are not directly comparable; although the Y's starting T.E. is 30,000
pounds greater. The J seems to have been overdesigned; approached its limit more in
excursion service than in its pre 1960 'career'.
Jerome Crosson; NWHS; st. Louis Museum of Transportation; residing in St. Peters MO.
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"None of the UP’s big three (800, Challenger, Big Boy) could have come down to the N&W and done what the N&W”s big three did."
EdKing
And likewise, the N&W Magnificent Three wouldn't have been very productive on the Onion Pathetic doing the jobs their ugly Big Three could do!
First they had lousy coal for the Pig Boy that worked for it but would have gagged the N&W beasties.
The Y-6b couldn't have hauled at the speed the Challengers did.
The J would have beat itself to death running the speeds the FEF's were operated even though it was proven to run pretty fast.
The A could have probably done the same job as the Challengers if they had good coal.
I'm NOT a UP fan but steam engines were railroad and service specific and a magnificent engine for one road wouldn't necessarily have been worth a flip on another railroad for various reasons.
I think the Challengers and FEFs were very good engines. I think the Pig Boy was a huge publicity event and the subject of way too much hype but then again I'm rather prejudiced towards the A, AG, H-8, EM-1 and Missabe M-3/4s. I don't care for the UP steamer look either compared to how the N&W cosmetically treated their power. Apples vs oranges! I think the engineers & designers in Roanoke were able to create much better esthetically pleasing locomotives than Alco.
In reply to another post about the 3 engines side by side in Roanoke I think seeing them in 2015 all together is just as impressive an event as having the 611 out running again. Who would have ever dreamed we'd see that again? WOW!!!
Anyway, just my 2¢!
Roger Huber
Deer Creek Locomotive Works
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I confess – the sum of the N&W big three adding up to the UP 4-6-6-4 was sent me by Vello Nickolaou, an old friend who just got back home after viewing all three at the VMT. Vello was the producer of some of the railroad programs done by the Histrophy Channel a few years back.
And Mike is correct – 3985=676!
And, Mike, Clinchfield 677 is coming out of my backshop soon. I always wanted a Bowser Wowser, and I’m finally getting mine done, thanks to the Rev. Jim Nichols who supplied some needed parts. I numbered it after a Southern Ks 2-8-0 that was at Bristol for a spell. Fits right after the renumbered UP job.
And no, Frank; the N&W big three do not in any other respects add up to a UP Challenger. None of the UP’s big three (800, Challenger, Big Boy) could have come down to the N&W and done what the N&W”s big three did.
EdKing
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I drove past VMT yesterday (8/8/15) and all three were lined up under the pavilion (1218, 611, 2156, left to right, viewed from Shenandoah Ave north side of the tracks), not a tarp in sight. They looked pretty good to me!!
Dave
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3985…. And are all three under tarps at VMT? What is the reason to visit Roanoke and VMT if they are.
Mason Cooper
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What is the sum of 611, 1218 and 2156?
EdKing
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