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Re: Early to mid 50s High Rail Automobile

 by rlsteam ¦  Mon Sep 03, 2018 9:07 pm ¦  Forum: New York Central ¦  Topic: Early to mid 50s High Rail Automobile ¦  Replies: 7 ¦  Views: 3971

Discrete: "apart or detached from others; separate; distinct." I think that was the right word.

Re: Early to mid 50s High Rail Automobile

 by rlsteam ¦  Sun Sep 02, 2018 10:32 am ¦  Forum: New York Central ¦  Topic: Early to mid 50s High Rail Automobile ¦  Replies: 7 ¦  Views: 3971

I took this photo of president's car M-100 (a 1954 Chrysler Imperial) at Pittsfield, Mass. in August 1955. Possibly Alfred Perlman was in the car at the time.

Re: Baldwin vs. Boxpok driver centers

 by rlsteam ¦  Sun Dec 27, 2015 10:35 pm ¦  Forum: Steam Locomotives ¦  Topic: Baldwin vs. Boxpok driver centers ¦  Replies: 32 ¦  Views: 19940

Yes, I thought of looking up builder's photos of the AT&SF 3460 and the ACL 4-8-4s, but didn't take the time to do it (was working after midnight here). But mention was made of L&N second group of Berkshires having BDDs, and (as pointed out by Pneudyne above) those drivers are the web-spoke ...

Re: Baldwin vs. Boxpok driver centers

 by rlsteam ¦  Sun Dec 27, 2015 1:32 am ¦  Forum: Steam Locomotives ¦  Topic: Baldwin vs. Boxpok driver centers ¦  Replies: 32 ¦  Views: 19940

Strictly a non-expert here, but still fascinated by the whole disc driver question. Regarding smaller power, I have seen a Green Bay & Western 2-8-0 with a disc main driver at the Mid-Continent Railway Museum, and I have seen online images of a Chicago Great Western 4-6-0 with all disc drivers (...

Re: Walschaert vs. Baker on Hudson 5200, etc.

 by rlsteam ¦  Mon Sep 07, 2015 9:57 pm ¦  Forum: New York Central ¦  Topic: Walschaert vs. Baker on Hudson 5200, etc. ¦  Replies: 8 ¦  Views: 3486

Thanks for those images. So after about 1929, around two years after delivery of the first J-1s, the decision was made to go with the Baker valve gear, and those built up to that time eventually had the Walschaert gear replaced with the Baker. Can anyone shed light on the reason the Walschaert gear ...

Walschaert vs. Baker on Hudson 5200, etc.

 by rlsteam ¦  Mon Sep 07, 2015 4:16 pm ¦  Forum: New York Central ¦  Topic: Walschaert vs. Baker on Hudson 5200, etc. ¦  Replies: 8 ¦  Views: 3486

Builder’s photos of the NYC’s “pilot” Hudson, J-1a 5200, show it with a Walschaert valve gear. However subsequent classes all had the Baker gear, and 5200 was retrofitted with the same gear. My question is: What led the NYC to change to the Baker gear on all subsequent Hudson orders, and then Mohawk...

Re: April 1950 - Class K-5b 4920

 by rlsteam ¦  Wed Aug 26, 2015 8:43 pm ¦  Forum: New York Central ¦  Topic: April 1950 - Class K-5b 4920 ¦  Replies: 2 ¦  Views: 2239

I wonder about the attributed 1950 date, since the NYC replaced the Roman lettering with Gothic around 1940.

Re: N&W 611 (and other big 4-8-4)

 by rlsteam ¦  Wed Aug 26, 2015 8:35 pm ¦  Forum: Steam Locomotives ¦  Topic: N&W 611 (and other big 4-8-4) ¦  Replies: 16 ¦  Views: 12482

Also, regarding the the S-1a's 75-inch drivers, as opposed to 79-inch, I was given to understand that it was designed with the smaller drivers so it could pass wartime restrictions as freight power, but the frame was built to permit later retrofitting with the larger drivers (which was eventually do...

Re: N&W 611 (and other big 4-8-4)

 by rlsteam ¦  Wed Aug 26, 2015 8:24 pm ¦  Forum: Steam Locomotives ¦  Topic: N&W 611 (and other big 4-8-4) ¦  Replies: 16 ¦  Views: 12482

Has anyone come across an explanation of why the Wabash had both 4-8-2s and 4-8-4s that were nearly identical in all respects, except for the extra trailing truck axle on the 4-8-4s?

Re: Driver counterweights

 by rlsteam ¦  Tue Apr 28, 2015 8:29 pm ¦  Forum: Steam Locomotives ¦  Topic: Driver counterweights ¦  Replies: 9 ¦  Views: 8537

Photos of the Milwaukee Road's F-6 4-8-4s show holes in the driver counterweights. Here's an example: http://www.railarchive.net/randomsteam/milw128.htm I presume this was an attempt to adjust the rotating balancing. Note these were Baldwin locomotives, like the ACL 4-8-4s and NH 4-6-4s. By the way,...

Re: Range of the L-2a Class Mohawks

 by rlsteam ¦  Fri Jan 02, 2015 9:56 pm ¦  Forum: New York Central ¦  Topic: Range of the L-2a Class Mohawks ¦  Replies: 4 ¦  Views: 3163

Thanks very much for this information. It seems to validate my assumption that the image I have was taken on the Cincinnati Northern, rather than the Old Road.

Re: Canada Southern Website

 by rlsteam ¦  Tue Dec 23, 2014 11:59 pm ¦  Forum: New York Central ¦  Topic: Canada Southern Website ¦  Replies: 7 ¦  Views: 3713

I had trouble connecting to his site a few years ago, and it turned out it was a server issue -- my provider's server wasn't seeing his server for some reason. Terry did something from his end (as I recall) and the problem was corrected.

Re: Range of the L-2a Class Mohawks

 by rlsteam ¦  Wed Nov 19, 2014 12:17 am ¦  Forum: New York Central ¦  Topic: Range of the L-2a Class Mohawks ¦  Replies: 4 ¦  Views: 3163

Thanks for the photos. The third photo shows that the 2710 wasn't the only L-2a working in the Elkhart area. But it remains a mystery whether L-2a Mohawks were assigned to the Big Four, but not NYC (ex-LS&MS) in the west. I am still trying to determine if the photo I have of the 2710 at Hudson, ...

Range of the L-2a Class Mohawks

 by rlsteam ¦  Sat Nov 01, 2014 11:42 pm ¦  Forum: New York Central ¦  Topic: Range of the L-2a Class Mohawks ¦  Replies: 4 ¦  Views: 3163

Recently I came across an undated online photo of class L-2a Mohawk 2710, said to have been taken at Hudson, Michigan, where the Cincinnati Northern (part of the CCC&StL Ohio Division, I think) crossed the former LS&MS "Old Road." Having lived along the Old Road for a few years as ...

Re: Hudson #5344 - Dreyfuss streamline shroud

 by rlsteam ¦  Wed Sep 03, 2014 4:52 pm ¦  Forum: New York Central ¦  Topic: Hudson #5344 - Dreyfuss streamline shroud ¦  Replies: 2 ¦  Views: 2460

Notice, though, that there was a difference between the Dreyfuss streamlining on the J-3s and that of J-1 5344. The catwalk on the J-3s was straight, but that of the 5344 had two levels.

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