Y4 - what role did they play on the railroad?

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A bit more to add to Jim Nichols comments.

Yes, some of the Y4s were used on the Shenandoah Division, and at least one shows on west end of the Norfolk Division, and I believe someone had said on the Pocahontas Division. This is through photo evidence.

I suspect these uses were for heavy freights that also picked up and dropped off cars along the route. The additional water capacity was enough to allow them to work without need of a canteen, in light of discontinuing some water stations along the way. 

Unfortunately, we do not have, to my knowledge, any locomotive assignments from the era.

Best
Ken Miller

> On Nov 16, 2023, at 7:08 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
> 
> How and where did N&W use Y4's in the mid-50's, after their rebuilds and after ACL tenders ('53), until they were scrapped in '58?
> 
> Ken Miller provided this information, seeming to indicate that N&W purchased 10 tenders from ACL.
> <image.png>
> 
> According to Wiki, there were 8 ACL tenders purchased. 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Line_class_R-1
> 
> (I'm going to trust Ken's info)
> According to Prince, all 10 Y4's survived to 1958. 
> 
> Mike Rector
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