N&W in 1903 -- Leviathans

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Mark,

There are devices that act upon the suspension and equalization to do this.
The Chinese QJ 2-10-2's had this feature.  Iowa Interstate has 2 of these
locomotives.

John Rhodes

On 1/12/08, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

>

> could this be the water shifting back in the boiler?  LOL  when braking,

> the water would shift back over the 'smaller wheels.'

>

> Mark Lindsey

> Stuck in the 1930's

>

>

>

> On Jan 11, 2008, at 8:13 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:

>

> *N. & W. TO HAVE FASTEST TRAIN IN THE SOUTH*

> ------

> *N. & W. WILL HAVE SIX LEVIATHONS *(sic)

> ------

> *New Atlantic Type of Engines Have Been Ordered*

> ------

>     The Norfolk and Western railway will shortly have six new engines of

> the Atlantic type in operation.  These engines are to be used to reduce the

> schedule between Richmond and Norfolk.

>     The most distinctive features of these racers are the large fire

> surface and an automatic arrangement whereby, when pulling a heavy train up

> grade, or in starting, an additional 10,000 pounds of weight is placed on

> the drive wheels, thus preventing to a large extent the slipping that is

> usually experienced in such instances.  When running on the level or in

> coasting, the additional weight is thrown from the drivers on to the smaller

> front wheels, thereby obtaining a higher speed.

>     The Baltimore & Ohio and the Chesapeake & Ohio railroads, which cross

> both the Blue Ridge and Alleghany mountains in reaching the West, use these

> locomotives for fast passenger work, both systems having in one or two

> instances grades of nearly 2 per cent, or 100 feet to a mile.  This is

> especially true of North mountain, in the Alleghany range, on the Chesapeake

> & Ohio, where for ten miles there is a grade of 94 feet.  Formally passenger

> trains of eight or nine cars were double headed for such ascents, but it is

> a frequent occurrence for an Atlantic type locomotive to pull nine cars over

> the mountain on schedule time.

>     The Atlantic type of engine is regarded as a luxury by many railroad

> men.  The number of these locomotives now in commission on the Eastern

> railroads is:  The New York Central, 155; Pennsylvania, 103; Baltimore and

> Ohio, 60 [*?? blurred, best estimate*]*;* Chesapeake and Ohio, 25; Norfolk

> and Western, 6.

>     Until the Chesapeake and Ohio gave its first order about eighteen

> months ago for ten of these monsters, the operation of such locomotives was

> confined to the lines north of the Potomac and Ohio rivers.  The Norfolk and

> Western has now fallen into line with an order for six of the Atlantic type.

>

> Bluefield Daily Telegraph

> July 10, 1903

>

> [* It is interesting that locomotives produced in New Jersey were readied

> in Kenova, WV for service between Norfolk and Richmond.  Also, can anyone

> explain how the mechanism worked to put an extra 10,000 pounds on the

> drivers as claimed in the article?*]

>

> Gordon Hamilton

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