Steam & Excursion > former N&W 1218 articulating

Columbus, OH, 08 Aug 1987.


Greg

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Wow. Swing wide!

Pump

That's a pretty sharp curve. They were probably praying that the outside rails wouldn't turn over!

And they were reversing very, very slowly from what I remember.

Amazing photo - good catch

Steve Mitchell
http://www.yardgoatimages.com

A photo articulates a thousand words - wild!

/Mitch

I thought minimum radius was 22" not 18"? ;)

If they get Big Boy 4014 restored, they might want to avoid this place.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/13/13 20:06 by ddg.

Nice looking locomotive

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Thank you, Steve.


YG Wrote:
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> Amazing photo - good catch
>
> Steve Mitchell
> http://www.yardgoatimages.com

Note that the rail is standing up straight. Does the engineer have to stear differently with an articulated than when backing a normal engine. Like when truckers are pulling those short pups. . . . . . .

dcfbalcoS1 Wrote:
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> Note that the rail is standing up straight. Does
> the engineer have to stear differently with an
> articulated than when backing a normal engine.
> Like when truckers are pulling those short pups. .
> . . . . .

I didn't think you had to steer a train, even back in steam days. LOL

dcfbalcoS1 Wrote:
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> Note that the rail is standing up straight. Does
> the engineer have to stear differently with an
> articulated than when backing a normal engine.
> Like when truckers are pulling those short pups. .
> . . . . .


I sure as hell hope you are joking!

dcfbalcoS1 Wrote:
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> Note that the rail is standing up straight. Does
> the engineer have to stear differently with an
> articulated than when backing a normal engine.
> Like when truckers are pulling those short pups. .
> . . . . .

Oh brother... ;)

bigjim4life Wrote:
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> dcfbalcoS1 Wrote:
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> > Note that the rail is standing up straight.
> Does
> > the engineer have to stear differently with an
> > articulated than when backing a normal engine.
> > Like when truckers are pulling those short pups.
> .
> > . . . . .
>
> Oh brother... ;)

You just steer in the opposite direction that you want the front engine to go when backing,but when going forward steer into the skid...use the jake...throttle...jake...now you got it...

Cheers, Dave...;)

Wonder if they oiled the rail on that curve?

L...O...L... This is some funny stuff.

All joking aside, isn't it sad that that magnificant machine had such a short second career. Only time I ever got to see it in action was riding behind her down the rat hole in 87'. The engineers that designed the A's hit the nail right on the head. One of the greatest locomotives ever built. I just ordered Pocahontas Glory volume 4, as well as Pillars of Smoke which cover these in great detail. May be as close to an A as I ever get again. If they were to bring The A back to the mainline I'd take 4 straight weeks off work and chase her around the country.
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> You just steer in the opposite direction that you
> want the front engine to go when backing,but when
> going forward steer into the skid...use the
> jake...throttle...jake...now you got it...
>
> Cheers, Dave...;)

ddg Wrote:
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> If they get Big Boy 4014 restored, they might want
> to avoid this place.


I loved 1218's whistle. There are a number of videos of her on that video Internet site, you know the one. Do a search for the 1218 and 100 car coal hoppers (1987).

That is an excellent point about the Big Boy. I wouldn't think there are a lot of choices of where to go and be able to "Wye" a locomotive that big anymore. It seems like most of the Wye's you see these days don't get a lot of maintenance. I hope some of the railroaders will weigh in on this.