N&W 7902

Mon May 27 09:38:05 EDT 2019

As information, the BLH rebuilds retained their Westinghouse 370-DEZ traction motors after the rebuild and 42 inch wheels.  Almost all other N&W locomotives were equipped with 40 inch wheels so the roundhouse foreman at Bellevue had to be sure that there were spare motors and wheels to cover the four units.  The 370-DEZ were known to have problems when operated over-the-road but performed very well when confined to yard service.

W.E. Honeycutt

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Subject: RE: N&W 7902

Thx Ed (and all). Informative NKP history. What trucks are under this EMD rebuild (7902) as shown in this 1974 photo?

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.

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

On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 10:52 PM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

  What in the world is this? Looks to be part Baldwin, part EMD, part Alco.
  1974 Cleveland OH. Weird.

  Sorry for the 'borrowed' copy but had to ask.

  John Garner
  Newport VA
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