PENNSYLVANIA STEAM 4-6-6-4 LOCOMOTIVES, Q-1, Q-2,MALLET

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THIS IS THE KEYSTONE, VOL39, NO 2 , SUMMER 2006. PRODUCED BY THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD TECHNICAL AND HISTORY SOCIETY. THIS ITEM IS OUT OF PRINT THIS ITEM WOULD BE A GREAT REFERENCE OF THE HISTORY OF RAILROADS. WELCOME ABOARD, IN THIS ISSUE, THE Q 1===AN ALTENATE VIEW. THE Q1 HAS ALWAYS BEEN ONE THOSE CONTROVERSIAL LOCOMOTIVES. A 4-6-6-4 STEAM FREIGHT LOCOMOTIVE WITH BOOSER AND TENDER, KNOWN AS THE Q1 #6130. ON OCTOBER 9, 1940 THE PRR AUTHORIZED AN EXPNITURE OF $595,000 FOR ONE EXPERIMENTAL 4-6-6-4 LOCOMOTIVE. ON COMMENT MADE ABOUT THIS LOCOMOTIVE WAS ONLY THE PRR CUSSEDLY DETERMINED ATTITUDE TO BE DIFFERNT, THE RAILROAD OUTSHOPPED THE Q1 DUPLEX. SHE SPENT THE REST OF THE WAR UINLOVED AND UNWANTED. SUBTITLES INCLUDE, PREFACE, 1936, KISEL'S SUCCESSORS, THE S1 FIASSCO, THE Q 1 1939, THE T 1 1940, THE S2 STEAM TURBINE LOCO,1940/41, ANALYZING THE DESIGN OF THE Q 1, OBJECTIONS TO CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE Q1 DESIGN, RIDING THE FOOTPLATE ON #6130 WITH A/RFE HOSTELLER, 22 REPORTS OF RUNS ON THE Q1, PROBLEMS PECULIAR, PLUS MORE. THIRTY PAGES ON THIS LOCOMOTIVE PLUS DIAGRAMS AND MANY PHOTOS. NEXT THE COMPETITION. SEVEN PHOTOS OF MIGHTY STEAM LOCOMOTIVES FROM OTHER RAILROADS.NEXT ALL ROADS LEAD TO THE 11S, BUT NOT QUITE. FOR PUSHER SERVICE ON THE PITTSBURG DIVISION (ALTTONA GALLIZEN) THE TEST DEPARTMENT FOUND OUT BY FORMER TRIALS THAT ONE LOCOMOTIVE read more

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