NW-Mailing-List Digest, Driver quartering?

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When I was working at Shaffers Crossing roundhouse in 1950, some of the 
older machinists told me that when the N&W acquired the PRR K3's (that 
became N&W E-3's) in 1930, they had trouble setting the valves --- or 
possibly performing some similar type work -- until someone (from 
"headquarters") belatedly informed them that the PRR engines had LEFT HAND 
lead.

Louis Newton

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>   1. Re: "Takin' Twenty with the Virginian Brethren by Skip Salmon

>      (NW Mailing List)

>   2. Re: Driver Quartering ? (NW Mailing List)

>   3. Re: Driver Quartering ? (NW Mailing List)

>   4. RE: Surviving N&W A Tank in WV (NW Mailing List)

>   5. Re: Driver Quartering ? (NW Mailing List)

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> Message: 1

> Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 10:26:41 -0400

> From: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>

> Subject: Re: "Takin' Twenty with the Virginian Brethren by Skip Salmon

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> Skip,

>

> Interesting that you would mention Sputnik.  I was in the Signal Corps 

> Research and Development Company at Ft. Monmouth, NJ, when Sputnik was 

> launched, and I was one of a number of Signal Corps soldiers who were 

> rushed to a radio directional finding station to track the satellite using 

> radio direction finding equipment around the clock.  Periodically, we 

> would pick up the telephone and call in the coordinates to Washington so 

> someone there could plot Sputnik's path.  Times have certainly changed 

> since those crude methods were used.

>

> Gordon

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>  Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 8:13 AM

>  Subject: "Takin' Twenty with the Virginian Brethren by Skip Salmon

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>

>  Last night, on the last Wednesday of winter this year, I had the pleasure 

> of "Takin' Twenty" with seven of the Brethren and Friends of the Virginian 

> Railway. We discussed the passing of some friends this week.  Several 

> remembered Virginian Signal Maintainer George Henry Lewis of Princeton and 

> Hobert L. Scott, Jr. who served in both the Operating Department and 

> Mechanical Departments of the N&W.  Landon Gregory remembered Scott as 

> Suptentendent at Crewe, VA and I remember Mr. Scott as Manager Motive 

> Power.  Both will be missed.

>

>

>

>  I told the Brethren to be on the look out on DIY and HGTV for the 

> "Salvage Dawgs" TV show for an upcoming episode involving the Mechanical 

> Department of the Roanoke Chapter of the NRHS. They taped a session at our 

> 9th Street Yard using some of the Chapter's equipment and "stuff" of 

> Chapter members in this episode.  The Black Dog Salvage 13th Street 

> Roanoke antique store is also involved with the Virginian Station Project. 

> More on this later.

>

>

>

>  The Jewel from the Past, like those in a Hamden "Special Railway" 23 

> jewel hunting case dust cover, is from October 25, 2007:  "This month is 

> the 50th anniversary of the Russian 'Sputnik' launch, the first satellite 

> or Russian 'fellow traveller' that started the Space Race in October 1957. 

> I asked the Brethren how they remembered it as they went on their normal 

> duties on the VGN.  Glen McLain, who was working at Sewells Point, 

> remembered a lot of his friends who were going to W and M fabricating 

> radios to listen to the beeps.

>

>  Jimmy Whittaker remembered hearing that when the Sputnik made its pass 

> over the area every 96 minutes, people's garage doors would go up and 

> down."

>

>

>

>  I told the Brethren about Gordon Hamilton's power point talk tonight at 

> the regular meeting of the Roanoke Chapter NRHS at the O. Winston Link 

> Museum at 7:30 PM.  All are invited to hear about "Railroads, Raids and 

> Ruin, Building to Big Lick and Beyond"  If you are in the area come join 

> us and hear Gordon's presentation.

>

>

>

>  I passed around a list of 20 "Ponderisms" and asked the Brethren to pick 

> their favorite one.  Landon Gregory picked number 11, "How is it one 

> careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start 

> a campfire".  He then proceeded to tell us about when he was about 9 on 

> his father's tobacco farm in Callens, VA and made himself a cigar out of 

> freshly cured tobacco but could not get it lit with a whole box of 

> matches.

>

>

>

>  Since St. Patrick's Day was last Monday I have this for our Irish 

> friends: A Texan walks into a pub in Ireland and gives this challenge: 

> "I'll give 500 American dollars to anybody in here who can drink 10 pints 

> of Guinnes back to back.  The room is quiet, and no one takes up the 

> Texan's offer.  One man even leaves.  Thirty minutes later the same 

> gentleman, who left, shows back up and taps the Texan on the sholder and 

> says I'll take the challenge.  He then downs 10 pints of Guinnes in a row. 

> The other pub patrons cheer as the Texan sits in amazement.  The Texan 

> then gives the Irishman the $500 and askes him "I do need to know where 

> you went for the 30 minutes".  The Irrishman replies, "Oh, I had to go to 

> the pub down the street to see if I could do it first".

>

>

>

>  Time to pull the pin on this one!

>

>

>

>  Departing Now from V248,

>

>

>

>  Skip Salmon

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>  DVIX

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> Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 11:45:03 -0400

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> Subject: Re: Driver Quartering ?

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> AFAIK, the only engines on the N&W with left hand lead were the ex-PRR E-3

> Pacifics.  N&W went along with everybody else and used right hand lead.

>

> EdKing

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> Subject: Driver Quartering ?

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> Were there any N&W steam locos that used what I have been told was the

> Pennsy quartering of drivers? It is my understanding that the N&W method

> was that the right side driver led the left side driver. Where the

> Pennsy method was the left side driver led the right side driver. Is

> this correct?

>

> Jimmy Lisle

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> Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 10:40:08 -0400 (EDT)

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> Jimmy:

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> My understanding is the same as yours; also, that "right side lead" was by

> far the most common.  I have no idea why.  Theoretically, it shouldn't

> matter, should it?

>

> This would lead to the suspicion that the ex-PRR K-3s that became the  N&W

> E-3s would have been left hand lead, but that's speculation only.

>

> Dave Phelps

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> In a message dated 3/20/2014 10:24:52 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

> nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:

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> Were  there any N&W steam locos that used what I have been told was the

> Pennsy quartering of drivers? It is my understanding that the N&W  method

> was that the right side driver led the left side driver. Where the

> Pennsy method was the left side driver led the right side driver. Is

> this correct?

>

> Jimmy  Lisle

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> Zac,

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> I remember that topic on RYPN and I'm not sure the poster ever came back 

> to

> discuss any further. A location would  be nice though. Probably one of the

> only original A tanks built remaining if I am right?

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> Jeff Lisowski

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> Subject: Re: Driver Quartering ?

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> If so, I would assume that the E3's used the Pennsy system, since they 

> were ex PRR K3's.

>

> Jim Nichols

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> Were there any N&W steam locos that used what I have been told was the

> Pennsy quartering of drivers? It is my understanding that the N&W method

> was that the right side driver led the left side driver. Where the

> Pennsy method was the left side driver led the right side driver. Is

> this correct?

>

> Jimmy Lisle

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