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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.
[2] [3] When the train was running at 58 mph (93 km/h) near the Great Dismal Swamp in Suffolk, Virginia, two of the passenger cars struck a faulty switch on the main line derailing them and the other 12 passenger cars with them. [4] The locomotive, first six cars, and last two cars stayed on the rails undamaged.
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 was maintained by Iron Horse Enterprises, the most recent servicing of the locomotive being in 2006. In 2010, discussions began between Rowland and Jim Justice, owner of the Greenbrier Resort in White Sulfur Springs, West Virginia, and current governor of West Virginia. The resort owner had been interested in running steam ...
GM22, 48s35, 48s34, and G514 lead a grain train from Maldon NSW to Birchip at Jacana. The design was based on the Electro-Motive Diesel EMD F7 locomotive. [ 1 ] The first 11 were delivered with EMD 16-567B , 1,119 kW (1,501 hp) engines and four powered axles with the remainder having 16-567C, 1,305 kW (1,750 hp) engines and six powered axles.
DB DMU 611 508 in Nuremberg. Class 611, successor to the DB Class 610, was developed using tilting systems from German military technology in favour of the Hydraulic Fiat systems used by its predecessor [citation needed] Because of environmental concerns over the potential hazards of leaking hydraulic fluid an electrically actuated option based on equipment used to keep the guns of tanks level ...
Milwaukee Road 261 is a S3 class 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotive built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) in Schenectady, New York, in July 1944 for the Milwaukee Road (MILW). It was used for heavy mainline freight and passenger work until being retired by the MILW in 1956.
1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard gauge The JŽ series 611 is a historic vehicle of Yugoslav Railways . It was a diesel-electric multiple unit made from aluminium alloy.