The Class A and Roller Rods

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Jimmy -
The last five A engines, the 1238-1242, were built with the Timken High-
Dynamic lightweight alloy rods and the roller bearings.  I doubt that at
that time there was any thought of equipping any of the other A engines
with these features.
These engines were all assigned to Shaffers Crossing and were used for
special passenger trains.  THey didn't sit around waiting for this work;
they took their turns on coal trains, etc.
- Ed King

On Sat, Jan 7, 2023 at 9:18 PM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

>      Being that the last batch of Class A locomotives received the
> roller bearing rods, has there ever been a reason given that these same
> rods were not retrofitted to the other Class A's?
>
> Jimmy Lisle
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