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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.
The erstwhile Kitmaster company produced an unpowered polystyrene injection moulded model kit for OO gauge. In late 1962, the Kitmaster brand was sold by its parent company (Rosebud Dolls) to Airfix , who transferred the moulding tools to their own factory; they re-introduced some of the former Kitmaster range, including this model.
The range comprised mainly British railway rolling stock but there were a few kits of other subjects. The range consisted of 34 kits of individual locomotives or carriages, a model of the Ariel Arrow motorcycle, the "Fireball XL5" rocket, parts to motorise the railway kits (using a motorised box wagon supplied pre-built, or a motor bogie) and three railway presentation sets:
Bowser Manufacturing is a United States manufacturer of model railroad equipment, located in Montoursville, Pennsylvania.Founded in 1946 by Bill Bowser in Redlands, California, he used his skill as a machinist to design and produce one of the first lines of accurately scaled steam locomotive kits in HO scale.
Locomotive Ge 4/4 II 622 in the livery of Japanese partner railway, the Hakone Tozan Railway. The first series of the class, nos. 611–620, were originally green liveried, but have since been reliveried in the still contemporary Rhaetian Railway standard red. The second series, numbered 621–633, was delivered already painted in the red livery.
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 ...
Photos of PRR 4-4-4-4 locomotives; An N Scale PRR T1 4-4-4-4 scratch building project; A group that intends to build a full-size PRR T1; YouTube video displaying the operation of T1's on the Pennsylvania Railroad - At 3 minutes and 15 seconds, an example of the T1's infamous wheel slip can be observed.
In the late 1930s, the Norfolk and Western Railway's (N&W) K2 and K2a 4-8-2 "Mountains" could not handle the rising passenger traffic after the Great Depression abated, so the N&W opted for a more powerful and fancy-looking passenger steam locomotive. [3] [4] The N&W mechanical department team originally considered a class N 4-8-4 type, but ...