ACL R-1

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Baldwin built some fine engines but they seemed to have a lot of issues with balancing. I've read accounts of other engines with that problem like the NH I-5 Hudsons.
Roger HuberDeer Creek Locomotive Works 

    On Friday, May 29, 2020, 10:46:11 PM CDT, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:  
 
 

When they were delivered the drivers were badly out of balance.500 pounds of lead was removed from the counter weight on each main driver; after that they could run smoothly at 100 mph.
Ron


On Mar 12, 2020, at 9:54 AM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
 Back to the original question of using an R-1 on your model railroad.  The answer is that it’s your railroad and you can use the R-1 any way you want to.  If anyone objects to you using one on an empty hopper train,, just don’t invite them to your layout again. The R-1s were not satisfactory locomotives.  their counterbalancing was so poorly done that they could not be used in the passenger services for which they were intended.  So the 80=inch drivered machines were used in fast freight service. They were good-looking engines, though. - Ed King From: NW Mailing List Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 6:25 PMTo: NW Mailing List Subject: Re: ACL R-1 The short answer is no.  ACL R-1 class of 12 locomotives had scrapping dates of December 1951 and June 1952 according to Prince's ACL book. According to Col Jeffries book all ten N&W Y4 locomotives were equipped with the R-1 tenders in 1953. I don't know if N&W bought all the tenders or just 10 of them. I  can't remember the source, but I did read oncd that the tenders arrived in worse shape than N&W expected. --Rick Morrison
 Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 4:49 PM Subject: ACL R-1   Hello all, Do any of the old heads know if an ACL R-1 4-8-4 ever pulled a N&W passenger train on  the N&W, also when the N&W bought the tenders of these engines were they delivered still attached to the engines.  I have a H0 R-1 and am looking for an excuse to run it on my N&W layout circa 1953. Richard Hood From a turnip patch in England 
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