ALways happy to accept helpful critisism. And cwithy a c91-[year-olds memory, it can be helpful.
OvermodMr. Klepper, Kiwanis is a fraternal organization. The word you want is Kanawha.
The word you want is Kanawha.
The northerner's ear, though trained on music, missed the intricacies of the West Virginia dialect.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
TheFlyingScotsman "Mr. Klepper, Kiwanis is a fraternal organization. The word you want is Kanawha." Making pedantic comments like this puts people off contributing to the forum.
"Mr. Klepper, Kiwanis is a fraternal organization.
The word you want is Kanawha."
Making pedantic comments like this puts people off contributing to the forum.
I Respectfully Disagree, it was not the intent to criticize, but rather educate, and Dave being a long time member here, I believe would understand, and even appreciate that
Doug
May your flanges always stay BETWEEN the rails
Just a follow-up to my earlier post - keep in mind we're talking about names used like in advertisements and such by the railroad. I believe virtually all working railroaders referred to the engines by their class (like a letter) or their number series ("4200's"), they may not have even known about all the various nicknames for the different types of engines.
CSSHEGEWISCHC&NW's H-class 4-8-4's were known as Zeppelins of the Rails.
A point to remember about the 'H of an engine' was that class members received modernizing rebuilding in the early '40s and again in 1948, and it might be argued that the latter produced some of the finest of all locomotives. They got neither the fame nor the life they deserved...
C&NW's H-class 4-8-4's were known as Zeppelins of the Rails.
Overmod, thanhks. And I agree they looked just terrific. The connecting ACL's were almost as fine. And the FEC. But the SAL and Southern had none.
But the N&W J is my all-time favorite.
I've read reference that RI employees referred to their northerns by their road numbers, "50 hundreds" for the 5000 to 5064 R67b class and "51 hundreds" for the 5100 to 5119 R67 class.
Jeff
Incidentally, while the Canadian locomotives were still Confederations, Cantlie's excellent 4-8-4s for China were called that... with the Chinese class being KF -- in Roman letters! (I'll let M636C tell the rest of the story (as I got most of my current understanding of it from him in the first place...)
Canadian National initially called them Confederations, but switched to Northerns pretty early on.
Canadian Pacific only had two, both of which are preserved, and didn't have any special name for them as far as I know.
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Mr. Klepper, Kiwanis is a fraternal organization.
daveklepperI think RF&P also called theirs Patomacs.
Generals.
Governors.
Statesmen.
Depending on series. You'd be hard pressed to find more beautiful 4-8-4s.
Some referred to them by class - Soo Line (WC) O-20. By the same token 4-8-2s were N-20s. Not as picky with smaller engines - 2-8-2s were "Mikes" and 4-6-2's were Pacifics. Maybe due to having multiple classes (and both MStPSSM and WC classes) for the smaller engines.
C&O: Greenbriars. And not Birkshires, but Kiwanas.
I think RF&P also called theirs Patomacs. If not, then some other name than Northerns.
BaltACD wjstix SPer Name a railroad that also called their 4-8-4s Northern in addition to Northern Pacific. Only a few railroads called their 4-8-4s by another name (Niagaras, Dixies), all the rest called them Northerns...although most railroaders referred to their engines by the number series, not a nickname. WM's 4-8-4's were referred to a Potomacs.
wjstix SPer Name a railroad that also called their 4-8-4s Northern in addition to Northern Pacific. Only a few railroads called their 4-8-4s by another name (Niagaras, Dixies), all the rest called them Northerns...although most railroaders referred to their engines by the number series, not a nickname.
SPer Name a railroad that also called their 4-8-4s Northern in addition to Northern Pacific.
Name a railroad that also called their 4-8-4s Northern in addition to Northern Pacific.
Only a few railroads called their 4-8-4s by another name (Niagaras, Dixies), all the rest called them Northerns...although most railroaders referred to their engines by the number series, not a nickname.
WM's 4-8-4's were referred to a Potomacs.
Frisco and Santa Fe called their 4-8-4s Northerns and so did Cotton Belt.
Well, CB&Q, RI, D&H, and I believe C&NW... did Cotton Belt have a cute name for theirs? I think SLSF used the number series for theirs, as ATSF did.
Great Northern and the Spooane Portland and Seattle?
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