by usbahner
Very honoured readers.
In a German magazine,"LOK MAGAZIN" No. 31 - from August 1968 - , I found the following article over the locomotive No.999 of the New York Central & Hudson River RR. The article consists of 7 pages including 4 pictures.
Locomotive 999 of the New York Central & Hudson River RR.
Author: A.Haas
[Tranlated by Google]
At the beginning of of 1891 activated the NYC & HR a new, very fast course, which for the distance New York - Buffalo of 701,6 km ( 436 miles) including six intermediate stays only 8¼ hours needed. Since it crossed the largest part of the State of New York, it was designated after the surname of this State of "The Empire State". The run of the "Empire State express" was extended later to Cleveland, Ohio, and Detroit, Mich.. It belonged to the most well-known remote express trains of the world. In order to make the fast run possible of this course, had William Buchanan, which develops outstanding locomotive technical designer of the course, a new, very strong 2'B (4-4-0)-passenger locomotive. The course consisted of four to five six-axle first class cars and already reached on individual distance sections maximum speeds of 120 km/h ( 74.5 miles/h ) and by means of it. That was for the time at that time - at the beginning of the 90's of the last century - a singular achievement. Spring 1892. - George H. Daniels, the director of the passenger train service, came on a special idea. The best advertisement for the course, then he meant, would be an unusual high-speed travel with the "Empire State express", whereby a speed would be to be obtained, which was also only approximately reached still never before by a railway train.
[ more to come ]
For a complete copy of the article, the place in this forum is not sufficient. In addition my American is not so good, this German-language article to translating. I let the translation settle by "Google". I have scanned the 7 pages (approx. 40 MByte). They are available as TIFF files. If several prospective customers would like to possess this article, we should find another way of the distribution.
The 4 pictures are showing the loco i) from the lft side ii) from left front with four cars iii) takin water out of a track pan and iiii) from right front in Syracuse, NY.
With Best Regards your Holger von Holdt
In a German magazine,"LOK MAGAZIN" No. 31 - from August 1968 - , I found the following article over the locomotive No.999 of the New York Central & Hudson River RR. The article consists of 7 pages including 4 pictures.
Locomotive 999 of the New York Central & Hudson River RR.
Author: A.Haas
[Tranlated by Google]
At the beginning of of 1891 activated the NYC & HR a new, very fast course, which for the distance New York - Buffalo of 701,6 km ( 436 miles) including six intermediate stays only 8¼ hours needed. Since it crossed the largest part of the State of New York, it was designated after the surname of this State of "The Empire State". The run of the "Empire State express" was extended later to Cleveland, Ohio, and Detroit, Mich.. It belonged to the most well-known remote express trains of the world. In order to make the fast run possible of this course, had William Buchanan, which develops outstanding locomotive technical designer of the course, a new, very strong 2'B (4-4-0)-passenger locomotive. The course consisted of four to five six-axle first class cars and already reached on individual distance sections maximum speeds of 120 km/h ( 74.5 miles/h ) and by means of it. That was for the time at that time - at the beginning of the 90's of the last century - a singular achievement. Spring 1892. - George H. Daniels, the director of the passenger train service, came on a special idea. The best advertisement for the course, then he meant, would be an unusual high-speed travel with the "Empire State express", whereby a speed would be to be obtained, which was also only approximately reached still never before by a railway train.
[ more to come ]
For a complete copy of the article, the place in this forum is not sufficient. In addition my American is not so good, this German-language article to translating. I let the translation settle by "Google". I have scanned the 7 pages (approx. 40 MByte). They are available as TIFF files. If several prospective customers would like to possess this article, we should find another way of the distribution.
The 4 pictures are showing the loco i) from the lft side ii) from left front with four cars iii) takin water out of a track pan and iiii) from right front in Syracuse, NY.
With Best Regards your Holger von Holdt