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AFAIK, there was only one other valve gear failure on a J, and that was due to shop maintenance, as follows: <br /> <br />The exhaust ports of the J's power reverse were choked down so that the engineer could not make a quick movement with the reverse lever. No matter how hard you tried to pull or pu***he reverse lever, it would only move so fast (having had the privilege of moving J's reverse levers around the roundhouse, I know this from experience). <br /> <br />The J in question, the 600, was handling train #45 (the TENNESSEAN) and was passing through the dip at Hayter, Va., (a little less than 19 miles east of Bristol) at the speed limit of 65 MPH (according to the crew who, of course, wouldn't admit to violating the limit, but Hayter was good running ground and the speed was probably more than that by maybe a good ten to fifteen MPH). Unbenownst to the engineer, the choke in the front of the power reverse cylinder had dropped out due to not having been tightened properly at the last inspection. The engineer sought to drop the engine down a couple of notches to come out of the dip, and when he unlatched the reverse lever and applied a little pressure, she went right into the corner with him. The left eccentric couldn't take it and departed the locomotive, taking with it the turbogenerator (located on a bracket above the left drivers) and about half the running board skirt. They found the turbo 3000 feet from the point of the failure. <br /> <br />This is the only other VG failure I've heard of on a J, and it wasn't the engine's fault. <br /> <br />Old Timer
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