Alphabet Soup / A sea of numbers that do have a purpose - Harry Bundy |
N&W EMD Built SD40-2's / One of the most successful locomotives ever - Russ Goodwin |
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NS SD40-2 #6195 in Gainsville, GA on Oct 4, 2005 (Russ Goodwin) |
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close up of 3 axle truck, Apr 2004 (Russ Goodwin) |
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N&W Unite #1635, date and location unknown, high hood (Mike Ray photo) |
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NS Unit 1643 in Gainesville, GA on May 15, 2005 (low hood) (Russ Goodwin) |
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Unit 6109 shows the swap of the firecracker antenna and the horn on cab roof. Gainesville, GA on Dec 4, 2005 (Russ Goodwin) |
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Unit 6178 in Winston-Salem, NC on Oct 1, 2004 (Russ Goodwin) |
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overhead photos of 48" diameter fans comparing variations (Russ Goodwin) |
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unit 1647 at Shenandoah Jct, Va, date unknown, side view, NW paint (D. Scott Chatfield photo) |
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Unit 1627 in Crewe VA, wears the new F8 lettering scheme on Jan 15, 1986, high hood unit (Kermit Geary, Jr. Photo) |
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Unit 1695 with ditch lights applied in the 1990's (Russ Goodwin) |
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overhead view of unit 1642 in August 2004 showing fan styles illustrating changes over the life of the unit (Russ Goodwin) |
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NS 6114 has had significant detail change from how the unit was delivered, it currently rides on standard HT-C trucks which are probably off of an ex-Southern SD40-2. (Russ Goodwin) |
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Unit 6142 modified for yard service with remote control and strobe lights. Bluefield, VA, July 2005 (Russ Goodwin) |
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NW 1628 received remote control equipment as well as yellow safety paint at several locations June 2004 (Russ Goodwin) |
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NS 3821 as rebuilt as SD38-2. Originally N&W 6206 (Mike Ray photo) |
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NS 6200 has been repainted into NS 2003 Horse head scheme, has had a roof top air conditioner added and the pilot has be repainted with white chevrons (Mike Ray photo) |
Designing N&W's Steam Power Train Resistance Equations / Proving just how great the Y6 could be! - David R. Stephenson |
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Figure 1, Y6 Performance, Glen Lyn to Pearsisburg, 9300 tons, drawbar pull, train reistance, speed (author's data and calculations) |
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Table 1, Drawbar pull and train resistance at various speeds, Glen Lyn to Pearisburg (author's data and calculations) |
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Figure 2, Y6 performance, Eggleston to Dry Branch, 9300 tons, drawbar pull and train resistance at various speeds (author's data and calculations) |
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Figure 4, Y6 performance, Eggleston to Dry Branch, 10,300 tons, drawbar pull and train resistance at various speeds (author's data and calculations) |
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Figure 3, Y6 performance, Glen Lyn to Pearisburg, 10,300 tons, drawbar pull and train resistance at various speeds (author's data and calculations) |
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Table 3, Y6 performance, Glen Lyn to Pearisburg, 10,300 tons, drawbar pull and train resistance at various speeds (author's data and calculations) |
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Table 4, Y6 performance, Eggleston to Dry Branch, 10,300 tons, drawbar pull and train resistance at various speeds (author's data and calculations) |
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Table 2, Y6 performance, Eggleston to Dry Branch, 9300 tons, drawbar pull and train resistance at various speeds, maximum curvature (author's data and calculations) |
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Figure 5, Average DHP per mile calculated using adjusted Davis equation, Glen Lyn to Walton (author's data and calculations) |
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Figure 6, Average at each mile marker calculated using adjusted Davis equation, Glen Lyn to Walton (author's data and calculations) |
The Pocahontas: N&W's last token effort at Passenger Service / A Passenger Train Journal Reprint - Bruce D. Williams |
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"Pocahontas" lettering on the side of passenger car (N&W Photo/ VPI&SU collection) |
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N&W female employee dressed as Pocahontas standing beside train (N&W Photo/ VPI&SU collection) |
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Listing of consist embedded in article (author's data and calculations) |
Book Review: N&W Giant of Steam , Revised edition, by Col Lewis I Jeffries - Bill McClure |
Nuggets from the Archives / N&W as 'The Godfather" - Gordon Hamilton |
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illustration of local people struggling to pull sled carrying desperately ill Mrs. Weaver through deep snow to station at White Top for trip to hospital in Abingdon (Norfolk and Western Magazine) |
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Clearing Snow at White Top, March 1942, Section Foreman Lee Surber and trackmen Gray Farmer and McKinley Payne (Norfolk and Western Magazine) |
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Mrs Weaver with infant Dickie Norwest Weaver (Norfolk and Western Magazine) |