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The Haysi Railroad was founded in February 1970, after the Clinchfield railroad completed its Greenbrier Branch from Haysi-Vicey Virginia. HRR was controlled by the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad and Louisville and Nashville Railroad (later Family Lines System holding company in November 1972). It served coal mines in and around Haysi, Virginia.
Motive power Type [a] Opened Closed Notes Washington (first era) Horse July 29, 1862 26 May 1900 Cable April 12, 1890 July 23, 1899 Electric October 17, 1888 January 28, 1962 See: Streetcars in Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia trolleys. See also Notes below. DC Streetcar: Washington (second era) Electric February 27, 2016 [41]
MotivePower, Inc. (MPI) was an American manufacturer of diesel-electric locomotives.The company traces its history back to being a division of Morrison-Knudsen (MK) since 1972. [1]
Harold A. Reid (1925–1992), also known by the pen name H. Reid, was an American writer, photographer, and historian. Reid's photographs of steam locomotives, captured the last days of steam motive power on America's Class I railroads, notably on the Virginian Railway, and ending with the Norfolk and Western in 1960, the last major U.S. railroad to convert from steam.
Motive power may refer to: In thermodynamics, natural agents such as water or steam, wind or electricity, that do work; In mechanics, the mechanical energy associated with the motion and position of an object; In physics, a synonym for power; In mechanical engineering, the source of mechanical power of a propulsion system; It may also refer to:
The program was initiated in response to a system-wide need for more than 200 additional four-axle diesel road switchers to meet projected motive power demands on branch lines and secondary main lines. Santa Fe's aging fleet of F7 units were approaching retirement age in 1970. These units were remanufactured into switchers and named CF7.
When providing the maximum 500 kW HEP load, maximum traction power is reduced to 2,930 hp since HEP generation diverts some power from the prime mover. [4] The MP36PH-3S was the first variety of MPXpress locomotive to be built and the launch customer was Metra, a commuter railroad in the Chicago area. Metra ordered 27 of these locomotives in ...
The Norfolk and Western M, M1 and M2 Classes were a series of 4-8-0 steam locomotives owned and operated by the Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W). The M Classes were primarily assigned to pull the N&W's mainline freight trains, but following the introduction of the railway's Y Class 2-8-8-2's, the M Classes were reassigned to short line freight service.