Tonnage rating in the Durham District, 1919.

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The tonnage ratings, as I understand, are for the train weight only, 
I'd imagine that addition of auxiliary tenders in later years might 
have changed the calculations slightly, but have never seen anything to 
confirm that.

Probably the Ms and Z1s were still mainline power at the time, and not 
used on the Durham district.  I hope to find my locomotive assignment 
drawing copies and be able to answer more specifically. According to 
N&W drawing for Passenger locomotive assignments, which I listed in the 
Class J book on page 8, for December 31, 1918, the Durham district had 
four Class U 4-6-0s and three Class T 2-8-0s. By August 1927, the 
assignments had changed, with three Class V 4-6-0s handling the 
passenger assignments.

Ken Miller

On Jul 23, 2006, at 4:04 PM, nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org wrote:


>

>  

> The March 9,1919 Employee Time Table for the Norfolk Division (thank 

> you Gordon Hamilton) gives the Tonnage Rating of Locomotives in the 

> Durham District for locomotive classes T (620), G (520), and F (470).  

> Ratings for classes Z1, M, M2 and W are listed for the rest of that 

> Division.  Are the numbers in the ( ) measures of tons and the total 

> weight of the locomotive?  This suggests to me that the class Ms and 

> Z1s and heavier locomotives were not seen in the Durham District 

> during that time.  Is that a correct assumption?  Also what class 

> locomotives would be used for passenger service in 1919?  At the time 

> there were scheduled passenger and mixed trains each day.  Were the 

> class V, E and E1s used in passenger service along this light weight 

> line and not the K1s?

>  

> I am interested in operations and the nature of the Durham District 

> during this time period.  It is an important period of development in 

> the area and in my own family history.

>  

> Thank you,

> Chuck Stewart

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