Jawn Henry

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Not to mention the Starting(Simple) Tractive effort of the Y6b's 165K+lbs

Mark Lindsey



> In many respects, I think an argument can be made that the Y6s were

> more remarkable.  5400 drawbar horsepower from a design that

> originated in 1919!  (Talk about "souped-up"!)

> 

> pete groom

> 

> On Mar 24, 2006, at 12:55 PM, nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org wrote:

> 

> Correct me if I am wrong. Was it just N&W trying to keep steam alive

> by experimenting with these kind of monsters?

> 

> For me, the NW J series remains the ultimte outcome of what a steam

> loco can do.

> 

> Markku,

> Finland

> 

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