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S-2 #0604 at New Britain Station Journals/Blogs
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Regular poster 100 posts rhammill Regular poster 100 posts
rhammill

Another great Cochrane photo, this time of an S-2 on one of the road freights at the station. As with other photos, this is a scene I will recreate on the model.

http://blog.newbritainstation.com/2017/03/dey-5-alco-s-2-0604-at-new-britain.html

Enjoy!

Randy
Randy Hammill
Prototype Junction
Modeling the New Haven Railroad 1946-1954
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Chris Adams Regular poster 242 posts
Chris Adams

Very cool

Awesome shot of a great engine - basically an RS-1, with no short hood. I wonder why it was only one unit rather than a pair...

The Valley Local

Modeling the New Haven Railroad's Connecticut Valley Line, Autumn 1948
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rhammill Regular poster 100 posts
rhammill

Yep, essentially an RS-1

It's surprising that they were able to replace the J-1 Mikados with these on these trains, but I suspect it was declining traffic, and instead of eliminating a pair of trains, they just handled fewer cars on each one. 

Could the NH S-2s MU? I don't recall offhand, but I suspect not. Since I have New Haven Power right here...only #0609 had any MU capability, for the DT-1 slug at the Hartford hump. Although Wikipedia lists the S-2s tractive effort as 57,500 lb, and the J-1s were 45,535 lb which means they were actually an increase and wouldn't be necessary.

Randy
Randy Hammill
Prototype Junction
Modeling the New Haven Railroad 1946-1954
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