Nostalgia & History > Forty Plus Years Ago (14) - N&W

(Photographer unknown) N&W 1139 (ALCO C-630) and N&W 9907 (slug) are working as what appears to be a hump set in an unknown location in November 1976.
Bob

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 I've never seen class lights on a slug. Glad you shared this photo....

Do you suppose tis is Columbus, OH?  Perhaps Portsmouth, OH.  Just guessing.

Nick Tharalson,
Marion, IA

ntharalson Wrote:
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> Do you suppose tis is Columbus, OH?  Perhaps
> Portsmouth, OH.  Just guessing.
>
> Nick Tharalson,
> Marion, IA

With the distant hills, I'm thinking Portsmouth or Roanoke.

Pretty sure it’s Roanoke. 

Slug was made from an ex VGN trainmaster.

ghemr Wrote:
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>  I've never seen class lights on a slug. Glad you
> shared this photo....

No, but they could be used as Marker Lights.

Was N&W 9907 formerly an FM Trainmaster?  The high stepway reminds me of one.
Thanks for the really fantastic photo.

Missed MILW's mention about the slug above.  So I withdraw my question.
With the Alco the pair sure looks like big time brute power.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/19/19 18:16 by Seventyfive.

What a powerful hump set.  At slow speed it could push one very heavy train.
Thanks for posting this most interesting photo.
ALLEN

If I had to take a shot at location, Id say Portsmouth. The Roanoke hump did not have any hills next to it. Love the shot though wherever it was!

Bill Rettberg
Bel Air, MD

Roadjob Wrote:
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> If I had to take a shot at location, Id say
> Portsmouth. The Roanoke hump did not have any
> hills next to it. Love the shot though wherever it
> was!

It's Roanoke, looking down the hump toward the east. The Car Retarder Operator's Tower is on the ridge to the south. I spent a lot of time there on Saturday afternoon's visiting with the CRO and observing the yard operations.

As of 10/02/1976, NW 9907 was assigned to the hump yard at Roanoke. Interestingly though, the record shows it was mated to NW 1136, not 1139.
/Ted

Theowhitey Wrote:
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> As of 10/02/1976, NW 9907 was assigned to the hump
> yard at Roanoke. Interestingly though, the record
> shows it was mated to NW 1136, not 1139.
> /Ted

Thanks. Typical hump power for Roanoke. The slugs probably got moved around a bit.

Roanoke had a dual hump. I think you see the two master retarders side by side. When you had two cuts being humped at the same time, one typically was coal being weighed by going over the hump's weigh-in-motion scales.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/19/19 13:28 by ts1457.