N&W 7902

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All 4 rebuilds retained their Baldwin trucks.

Ed Painter: #70- from Narrows,Va , living in Cohutta, GA

On Sun, May 26, 2019, 5:50 AM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
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> Those are Baldwin trucks, I believe.
>
> EdK
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> Thx Ed (and all). Informative NKP history. What trucks are under this EMD
> rebuild (7902) as shown in this 1974 photo?
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> John Garner
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> The NKP purchased 4 Baldwin AS-16's in 1953 and 1954.  As was the case
> with Baldwins the NKP had continuous mechanical problems with the 4
> locomotives.  To remedy this in 1959 NKP sent 2 to ALCO and 2 to EMD for
> repowering.  The 2 sent to ALCO received 251B prime movers rated at 1800HP
> (basically becoming ALCO RS36's) while the 2 sent to EMD received 567C
> prime movers rated at 1750HP (basically becoming GP9's) .  Additionally
> larger 1600 gal fuel tanks were installed and the long hoods of the units
> were rebuilt with ALCO RS36 and EMD GP9 hoods.  The Baldwin short hoods
> were retained on a 4 units though larger number boards replaced the smaller
> Baldwin number boards on the 2 EMD rebuilds.  With the merger of the NKP
> into the N&W in 1964 the units went to the N&W and were numbered into the
> 2300 series.  In 1970 the units were renumbered into the 7900 series.  The
> ALCO rebuilds were retired by the N&W in 1970 and the EMD's were retired in
> 1976 and 1977.  They spent their active days in service on the former NKP
> primarily in Ohio.  I was able to see and photograph them when I lived in
> NE Ohio during the 70's.
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> Ed Painter:  #70 - from Narrows, VA living in Cohutta, GA
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> On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 10:52 PM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
> wrote:
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> What in the world is this? Looks to be part Baldwin, part EMD, part Alco.
> 1974 Cleveland OH. Weird.
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> Sorry for the 'borrowed' copy but had to ask.
>
> John Garner
> Newport VA
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