Nostalgia & History > More Artifacts, Nat'l Museum of Transportation, Kirkwood, MO

1. Norfolk & Western Y6a #2156 2-8-8-2 "Mallet" built in 1942 at the Norfolk & Western Railway Roanoke Shops, Duane Hall photo in 1985.

Massive freight hauler used until 1960 to haul heavy coal trains through the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia and West Virginia. This compound "articulated" locomotive was among the hardest working steam locomotives ever built. The articulated design allowed the locomotive to operate on tracks with tighter curves by allowing the two sets of drive wheels to split and turn independently.  Weighs 961,500 pounds; the engine and tender are 113'1/4" long and have have 58" drivers. Only compound locomotive in Museum's collection. After being loaned out for five years to the Virginia Museum of Transportation, the #2156 was returned to TNMOT on June 15, 2020.  Museum Caption

2. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western #952 4-4-0 American Camelback built by American Locomotive in 1905, Duane Hall photo in 1985.

Delaware, Lackawanna and Western #952 steam engine is the only surviving "Mother Hubbard" (or camelback) 4-4-0 type locomotive. The engine burned hard anthracite coal. It was featured in the railroad's "Phoebe Snow" passenger train advertising campaign using the image of a woman dressed in white to illustrate the cleanliness of anthracite coal.  Museum Caption

3. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific #E-2, Electric Bi-Polar built by General Electric in 1919, Duane Hall photo in 1985.

Generating up to 3,200 continuous horsepower, #E-2 was used primarily to pull transcontinental passenger trains (including the famed Olympian Hiawatha) between Othello and Tacoma, WA, through the Cascade mountains. The 76-foot long electrically powered locomotive, weighing 260 tons, is the only survivor of five built for the Milwaukee Road. “Bi-polar” engines used a special motor to operate electrically. It was called a "bi-polar" design because of the two motor field magnet cores, one on each side of the motorized axles. Dual-facing engine.  They were designed to pull passenger cars.  Museum Caption


 

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4. Mississippi Central #252 Coach built by Barney & Smith in 1905, Duane Hall photo in 1985.

5. American Refrigerator Transi Co, ART 52461 Reefer, Duane Hall photo in 1985.

Bunkers at each end of car carried 5 tons of ice to cool produce in summer, or heaters to keep load from freezing in winter; has insulated wood body on steel frame. It was constructed with 4 inches of horse-hair insulation on the sides and end walls and 4½ inches in the roof and floor.  The #52461 was donated in 1958 by the American Refrigerator Transit Company.  Museum Caption

6. Wabash #2847 Caboose built by the Wabash Railroad in 1952.

End cupola, restored over a four-year period by Vance C. Lischer, Jr. and then donated to TNMOT.  Museum Caption


Marty Bernard



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/18/21 15:57 by MartyBernard.

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#2156 was cosmetically refurbished a year or two later and towed to downtown St. Loius for display at the newly renovated St. Louis Union Station.