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A drawing design of the N&W class J locomotive. After the outbreak of World War II, the Norfolk and Western Railway's (N&W) mechanical engineering team developed a new locomotive—the streamlined class J 4-8-4 Northern—to handle rising mainline passenger traffic over the Blue Ridge Mountains, especially on steep grades in Virginia and West Virginia.
Wanamaker, Kempton and Southern Railroad (WK&SR) in Kempton, Pennsylvania. 7350 CEICo. #7 April 1943 - 0-6-0 F: On static display Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum in Bellevue, Ohio: 7367 FPCCo. #7 1942 - 0-6-0 ST: On static display New Braunfels Railroad Museum in New Braunfels, Texas: 7510 JŽ 62-084 1942 JŽ class 62: 0-6-0 T: On static ...
Built as Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company 197, renumbered as UP 3203 and is being restored as 197. 3206: P-1 4-6-2 3977: June 1943 American Locomotive Company (ALCO) 4664-4 4-6-6-4: Static display Cody Park in North Platte, Nebraska: 3985: July 1943 American Locomotive Company (ALCO) 4664-4 4-6-6-4 Undergoing restoration to operational ...
Nos. 611 to 617 were a larger development of the earlier 601 class locomotives. They were fitted with a Deutz F/A8L 714 engine of 120 kilowatts (160 hp), with Voith hydraulic transmission, weighed 22 tonnes (22 long tons; 24 short tons) and had a maximum speed of 42 kilometres per hour (26 mph).
The locomotive, first six cars, and last two cars stayed on the rails undamaged. [ 4 ] [ 1 ] 177 passengers were injured while 18 of the most seriously injured need to be airlifted to hospitals in Norfolk for treatment.
The MOW crew had to disconnect the locomotive from its tender and rerail it one set of wheels at a time. [9] On the afternoon of January 26, No. 611 was finally back on the rails and towed to Williamson for inspection. [5] [9] The locomotive's skirting panels, running boards, valve gear parts, and other appliance parts were torn off from its ...
As one of the oldest rail operators in Asia, the Philippine National Railways and its predecessors, the Manila Railway and Manila Railroad companies, had a diverse collection of steam and diesel locomotives, passenger railcars, gasoline, and diesel multiple units. All but three tank locomotives from the Manila Railway were scrapped.
Chesapeake and Ohio 614 is a class "J-3-A" 4-8-4 "Greenbrier" (Northern) type steam locomotive built in June 1948 by the Lima Locomotive Works in Lima, Ohio for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) as a member of the J-3-A class.