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No's 7 & 8 freight motors are in fact built by the American Locomotive Co (Schenectady, NY) and come in many dates and sizes. From looking at a few sites these short ones were firstly built around 1907 and were known as " steeple cabs," weight 36 1/2 tons and powered by GE motors. Here's a site that shows one with " Bush Terminal R/R Co " painted on its side. Sent by Peter Metzke, Melbourne, Australia |
In regard to the photos of G&U locomotives, When Dave Harris and I worked on the tracks in the summer of 1959, I had occasion to ride in the two1946 locomotives with the cab in the center. As I recall, they had 2- 350 hp engines and were made by GE. The 1948 1000 hp GE engine could haul about twice the cars that the older ones could. I remember that one day the train was about 24-25 cars long and they had to use both the 1948 and one of the 1946 engines to pull the load to Grafton. Kurt Anderson, May 2016 |
In December 2017 I had some emails from Chip Marshall in Silver Spring, Maryland concerning the G&U electric locomotives, 7 and 8. He was working on the history of the U.S. Navy railroad at Indian Head, Maryland. I was able to send him a page from Gordon Hopper's History of the G&U which mentioned that "...serial number 6391 (G&U No. 7) was diverted to the U.S. Government Naval Proving Grounds at Indian Head, Maryland. Below this textbox is the paragraph from Hopper that tells of where 7 and 8 went when the G&U switched to diesel. Thanks to Chip for the drawing above .Here's more from Chip sent on December 9.
chests next to the hoods, fore and aft. The Indian Head unit has no such features. The Indian Head base had two Westinghouse engines, two GE engines, and two Baldwin (1898) units. There may have been more. I've seen pictures of former Baltimore (MD) trollies and several units that look like the freight unit on the Washington & Old Dominion/Hagerstown & Frederick. I've attached the drawing I have of Indian Head #7 and a detail from the same drawing. If, in your travels you come across ANYTHING of US Navy railroads I would interested in hearing about it. |
Above and below - January 30, 2017 |
