Y6 allocations, Shenandoah line locos etc.

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My caption is in error. The ATC was extended from Shenandoah to Roanoke 
in compliance with a second ICC order of 1924. But that was as far as it 
went. So ATC  ran from Roanoke to Hagerstown, but nowhere else on the 
N&W. BTW, I have seen ATC equipped Y6's in Bluefield. Roanoke assigned 
engines, of course, could go in any of four directions; but if they went 
up the Shenandoah, they needed ATC equipment.    Jim Nichols

nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org wrote:


> Ed (King)

>  

> Many thanks for the information you provided on the allocation of Y6s.

>  

> Some further queries arise about this.

>  

> In Jim Nichols' book "Norfolk and Western in Color", on p.38, is a 

> photo with the following comments "Y6 #2121...probably returning from 

> pusher service on the Shenandoah Valley line...Take note of the ATC 

> shoes suspended from the rear of the tender, a good indication that 

> the engine is assigned to the Shenandoah..."

>  

> The tenor of the comments suggests to me (perhaps wrongly) that not 

> all Roanoke assigned locos received ATC equipment. Is that the case?

>  

> I gather from the DVD "Pocahontas Glory - Volume 2" that Roanoke was 

> HQ for both the Radford and Shenandoah divisions of the N&W. Were 

> locos specifically assigned to the different divisions? If so, perhaps 

> only the Shenandoah assigned locos were ATC fitted?

>  

> Jim Nichols' comments continue by pointing out that it was only the 

> 107 mile stretch between Shenandoah and Hagerstown which had ATC 

> installed.

>  

> Volume 3 of "Pocahontas Glory" is specifically about the Shenandoah 

> division, and in it there is the following comment: "Shenandoah 

> Virginia was division point of the line where a roundhouse and 

> turntable were maintained. Y class engines are in abundance, waiting 

> to relieve their brothers heading north or south".

>  

> Putting these together, it would seem that non-ATC equipped locos 

> would be able to work from Roanoke to and from Shenandoah but not 

> beyond. If not all Roanoke assigned Ys were ATC equipped, perhaps 

> Shenandoah was "division point" in that sense as well.

>  

> A related point concerns the fact that classes J and A were apparently 

> not used in the Shenandoah division. Was this because they were not 

> ATC equipped? Or was it basically for other reasons (track curvature? 

> axle-loading?) - hence there would be no point in equipping these 

> classes with ATC?

>  

> I would be grateful for enlightenment on these matters from anyone who 

> knows, as I've probably reached a number of wrong conclusions.

>  

> Regards to all,

>  

> Frank Hung

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