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| Norfolk & Western 611 is a 4-8-4 steam locomotive built by the Norfolk & Western Railway's East End Shops in Roanoke, Virginia, in May of 1950 for the Norfolk & Western Railway. 611 is one of a class of 13 "J"s built by the Roanoke shops. The first batch, numbered 600 to 604, were built in 1941-42 and were delivered streamlined. In 1943, 605-610 were built, only unstreamlined, due to the cost of the extra shrouding during the war. These locomotives were later streamlined in 1946. And the last batch, 611-613 were built in 1950, all streamlined. The J's were built and designed completely by N&W employees, something that only few engines have the honor of. The total cost for building 611 was over $250K in 1950, now it would be over $2 Million. | Norfolk & Western 611 is a 4-8-4 steam locomotive built by the Norfolk & Western Railway's East End Shops in Roanoke, Virginia, in May of 1950 for the Norfolk & Western Railway. 611 is one of a class of 13 "J"s built by the Roanoke shops. The first batch, numbered 600 to 604, were built in 1941-42 and were delivered streamlined. In 1943, 605-610 were built, only unstreamlined, due to the cost of the extra shrouding during the war. These locomotives were later streamlined in 1946. And the last batch, 611-613 were built in 1950, all streamlined. The J's were built and designed completely by N&W employees, something that only few engines have the honor of. The total cost for building 611 was over $250K in 1950, now it would be over $2 Million. | ||
| The design of the J's was completly universal. They were equipped with 300psi boilers, 70" drivers, and roller bearings on all wheels and rods. The 70" drivers and 300psi boiler allowed for a higher tractive effort. When operating at maximum psi, the J's delivered 80,000lbs of tractive effort-the most powerful for a two cylender simple locomotive without a booster. The engineers designed the J class not to pull freight, but passenger, and at a high spped. The 70" drivers were very small for a locomotive that is to pull trains at over 100MPH. To overcome this, the wheelbase was made extremely rigid, used lightweight rods, and roller bearings were added. This allowed for smooth and easy rotation of the wheels. The negative affect of this was it lowered the adheasion rating, which meant that under great stress, the locomotives were subject to slipping/stalling. | The design of the J's was completly universal. They were equipped with 300psi boilers, 70" drivers, and roller bearings on all wheels and rods. The 70" drivers and 300psi boiler allowed for a higher tractive effort. When operating at maximum psi, the J's delivered 80,000lbs of tractive effort-the most powerful for a two cylender simple locomotive without a booster. The engineers designed the J class not to pull freight, but passenger, and at a high spped. The 70" drivers were very small for a locomotive that is to pull trains at over 100MPH. To overcome this, the wheelbase was made extremely rigid, used lightweight rods, and roller bearings were added. This allowed for smooth and easy rotation of the wheels. The negative affect of this was it lowered the adheasion rating, which meant that under great stress, the locomotives were subject to slipping/stalling. | ||
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Norfolk & Western 611 is a 4-8-4 steam locomotive built by the Norfolk & Western Railway's East End Shops in Roanoke, Virginia, in May of 1950 for the Norfolk & Western Railway. 611 is one of a class of 13 "J"s built by the Roanoke shops. The first batch, numbered 600 to 604, were built in 1941-42 and were delivered streamlined. In 1943, 605-610 were built, only unstreamlined, due to the cost of the extra shrouding during the war. These locomotives were later streamlined in 1946. And the last batch, 611-613 were built in 1950, all streamlined. The J's were built and designed completely by N&W employees, something that only few engines have the honor of. The total cost for building 611 was over $250K in 1950, now it would be over $2 Million.
The design of the J's was completly universal. They were equipped with 300psi boilers, 70" drivers, and roller bearings on all wheels and rods. The 70" drivers and 300psi boiler allowed for a higher tractive effort. When operating at maximum psi, the J's delivered 80,000lbs of tractive effort-the most powerful for a two cylender simple locomotive without a booster. The engineers designed the J class not to pull freight, but passenger, and at a high spped. The 70" drivers were very small for a locomotive that is to pull trains at over 100MPH. To overcome this, the wheelbase was made extremely rigid, used lightweight rods, and roller bearings were added. This allowed for smooth and easy rotation of the wheels. The negative affect of this was it lowered the adheasion rating, which meant that under great stress, the locomotives were subject to slipping/stalling.
The J's were the pride of the N&W, pulling crack passenger trains such as "The Powhatan Arrow" "Pocahontas" and "Cavalier" as well as ferrying Southern Railway's "Tennessean" between Lynchburg, VA and Bristol, TN.