portable "step boxes"

Sat Nov 5 20:45:27 EDT 2022

 IIRC the E3's were actually second-hand PRR K2's.  They weren't real great on PRR either.  An E6 4-4-2 could out-perform them at higher speeds.

Dave Stephenson

    On Saturday, November 5, 2022 at 07:16:44 PM EDT, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:  

Only 5 E-3 locomotives were built from what I see in the archives.  Is there a reason and was performance an issue with them?  How long were they in service?  Sorry I forgot to sign 1st one

Walter Davis

 On 10/18/2022 1:45 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:

  Here is a promotional image, but I'm almost certain they were used at most stations in passenger service. 
  https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=108319

  Jim Brewer  
  On Tue, Oct 18, 2022 at 1:38 PM NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

  I worked on the extra board out of Williamson and caught the passenger run to Roke in 1967. We had a step box on that run.  As to color it was the same red as the passenger coaches (tuskin red?) and the top was black. There was some gold lettering on it but I don’t remember what it was. 
  Larry Reed

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On Tuesday, October 18, 2022, 10:32 AM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

    They were not used just at Crewe. I can remember seeing step boxes used at stations with platforms. That first step is pretty high for some people. The portable step boxes were pretty much standard in the 1940's and '50's. And, I think I remember, not just on the N&W. 
  Jim Nichols 
       On Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at 01:36:28 AM CDT, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:  

   Yes - they were used at Crewe for all passenger trains that I saw in the
  50's and 60's:  Nos 7-8, 25-26, 3-4, 15-16.  They are all the ones that I
  was familiar with. I rode on 7-8 as a child and 3-4 later.

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