Nostalgia & History > Wednesday Whitcomb

This Whitcomb sat outside the Plymouth Locomotive Works in Plymouth, Ohio on 11/27/1982. I have no other information. Sorry.
Bob

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I doubt this locmotive was a Raymond Loewy design.

Probably used in a rock quarry with the shields to protect the engine.  

Nick Tharalson,
Marion, IA

A switcher and transfer caboose all in one.

There's a prototype for everything.

Wow, this would go over big here in Hawaii (if we still had railroads) - a locomotive with its own lanai! And a beer keg under the cab, marvelous!

EO

I'm not sure I've ever seen a locomotive outfitted with gutters and downspouts, either.

jcaestecker Wrote:
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> A switcher and transfer caboose all in one.

Wait! are we sure it isn't a "switching platform" ??? ; > )

Cheers,
Jack

I didn't notice the down spouts at first!  I wonder...

On the Great Western of Colorado, they had a GE 44 tonner that had a "shield" to keep water off the locomotive while it was pushing open hoppers through the washout track.  If I understand correctly, the washout track was an elevated track that bottom dump hoppers would unload on and a high volume water system was used to wash the sugar beets out of the hopper, and than down a flume system to processing or storage.  The water would flood the locomotive, so a shield or splash guard was installed.

Could this be similar to what the Whitcomb's roof is for?  I don't know.   

Rick Bacon
Windsor, CO