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Title:
RF&P 551
Description:
Location and date unknown
Photo Date:
1/1/1930
Upload Date:
7/30/2011 1:56:33 AM
Location:
Unknown, VA
Author:
Marty Bernard
Categories:
Locomotives:
RFP 551(4-8-4)
Views:
3091
Comments:
0
Title:
RFP 4-8-4 #553, "General J.E.B. Stuart" - Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac RR
Description:
This is an example of one of the most elegant steam locomotives that Baldwin ever built. When delivered in 1936, RFP refused to use the term "Northerns" for the mighty 4-8-4 configuration. Instead they chose the class label of "Generals" for the first five with each one named after a Virginia Civil War general like this one for General Jeb Stuart. Specifics - 77" drivers, 275 psi boiler pressure, 27x30" cylinders, 466,040 lb engine weight, 66,391 lb tractive effort. No photographer was listed for this photo nor an exact date.
Photo Date:
6/1/1942
Upload Date:
11/2/2014 8:28:48 AM
Location:
Washington, DC
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
RFP 553(4-8-4)
Views:
788
Comments:
0
Title:
RFP 4-8-4 #554, "General A.P Hill" - Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac RR
Description:
Here is another example of a 1936 Baldwin built 4-8-4 "General" class (RFP refused to call them "Northerns" possibly because the southern influence was still strong in 1936!). This one bore the name "General A.P. Hill", another of Virginia's esteemed Civil War Generals. Specifics - 77" drivers, 275 psi boiler pressure, 27x30" cylinders, 466,040 lb engine weight, 66,391 lb tractive effort.
Photo Date:
7/1/1939
Upload Date:
11/2/2014 8:29:05 AM
Location:
New York, NY
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
RFP 554(4-8-4)
Views:
1131
Comments:
0
Title:
RFP 4-8-4 #555, "General J.E. Johnson" - Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac
Description:
This is another fine example of the 1936 Baldwin built 4-8-4 "Generals" class locomotive, this one named after Virginia's Civil War Generals, J.E. Johnson". According to one source, "Amazingly, they (the 4-8-4's) were several inches too wide to properly clear the tunnels in Washington. More importantly they had too heavy of an axle-load to traverse the Long Bridge. These two factors forever consigned these beautiful engines to the Virginia side of the river and freight service. Although they were pressed into emergency passenger service on occasion, they always stayed on the south side of the river." Specifics - 77" drivers, 275 psi boiler pressure, 27x30" cylinders, 466,040 lb engine weight, 66,391 lb tractive effort. No date, location or photographer was listed for this beautiful photograph.
Photo Date:
6/1/1942
Upload Date:
11/2/2014 8:29:23 AM
Location:
Unknown, NY
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
RFP 555(4-8-4)
Views:
1565
Comments:
1
Title:
RFP 4-8-4 #601 - "Automatic Train Control"
Description:
Long before the modern PTC concept of automatic train control, this Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac 4-8-4 Northern used a simpler version called Pulse Code Cab Signal. The system was developed by Union Switch & Signal Company for the PRR. The system had two 60 Hz signals. The break-sensing “track” signal was fed down one rail towards the oncoming train and crossed through its wheels, returning in the other rail. The pickup just ahead of the wheels would sum the approaching current from one side with the returning current on the other. The externally returned ”loop” signal was fed into and out of the mid tap of a resistor across each end of the track circuit. The pickup would sum the approaching current on each side as it carried on past to the far end of the track. This signal was shifted 90 degrees from the other. The signals were applied one or both continuously to give Approach or Clear aspects while no signal was a Restricting aspect. The test installation eliminated wayside block signals, and trains relied solely on cab signals. A very early, primitive forerunner of the modern PTC system. No photographer or date was given for the photo.
Photo Date:
6/1/1950
Upload Date:
3/2/2020 6:07:23 AM
Location:
Alexandria, VA
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
RFP 601(4-8-4)
Views:
285
Comments:
0
Title:
RFP 601 Governor Patrick Henry Washington DC yards. Date unknown.
Description:
In 1938, six more 4-8-4s were acquired from Baldwin (road numbers 601 through 606). Each was named for a Virginia governor. These locomotives had 77" drivers, 27 x 30 cylinders, a 260 psi boiler pressure, a tractive effort of 62,800 lbs and weighed 408,400 pounds.
Photo Date:
3/20/2012
Upload Date:
3/20/2012 1:45:24 PM
Location:
Washington D.C., DC
Author:
Wendy Crim
Categories:
Locomotives:
RFP 601(4-8-4)
Views:
1025
Comments:
6
Title:
RFP 4-8-4 #602 - Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac
Description:
Fairly nice Baldwin builder's photo of the RFP 4-8-4 #602. The sleek and powerful 4-8-4's built by Baldwin for the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac were named after important generals, governors and statesmen. #602 was no exception, carrying the name "Governor Thomas Jefferson".
Photo Date:
9/1/1938
Upload Date:
3/15/2017 6:56:27 AM
Location:
Eddystone, PA
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Steam
Locomotives:
RFP 602(4-8-4)
Views:
599
Comments:
0
Title:
RFP 4-8-4 #602 - Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac
Description:
This is the reverse side of the Baldwin builder's card on the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac 4-8-4 #602. Unfortunately the card was cut down at some point and valuable information was lost. Some of the missing specs are: 77" drivers, 466,040 lb engine weight, 66,391 lb tractive effort
Photo Date:
9/1/1938
Upload Date:
3/15/2017 6:56:34 AM
Location:
Eddystone, PA
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Steam
Locomotives:
RFP 602(4-8-4)
Views:
267
Comments:
0
Title:
RFP 4-8-4 #604, "Governor Benjamin Harrison" - Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac RR
Description:
After the first five 4-8-4's were delivered to the RF&P, the next six nearly identical locomotives to the Generals were labeled "Governor's" class and named after a Virginia governor, hence the name for this one being "Governor Benjamin Harrison". Specifics - 77" drivers, 275 psi boiler pressure, 27x30" cylinders, 466,040 lb engine weight, 66,391 lb tractive effort. No photographer was identified for this photograph.
Photo Date:
7/1/1939
Upload Date:
11/2/2014 8:29:42 AM
Location:
New York, NY
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
RFP 604(4-8-4)
Views:
1226
Comments:
0
Title:
RFP 4-8-4 #605 - Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac
Description:
In RFP lingo, this was a Governor's class locomotive, not a "Northern" type. Built by Baldwin in 1938, it carried the name "James Monroe" during its life. Specs - 77" drivers, 275 psi boiler pressure, 27x30" cylinders, 466,040 lb engine weight, 66,391 lb tractive effort. W. M. Bryan photo
Photo Date:
9/2/1941
Upload Date:
6/15/2015 10:09:50 PM
Location:
Alexandria, VA
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
RFP 605(4-8-4)
Views:
768
Comments:
0
Title:
RF&P 613 Builder's Photo
Description:
Location and date unknown
Photo Date:
1/1/1930
Upload Date:
7/30/2011 1:55:27 AM
Location:
Unknown, VA
Author:
Marty Bernard
Categories:
Locomotives:
RFP 613(4-8-4)
Views:
4879
Comments:
0
Title:
RF&P #613, a Northern named after Chief Justice John Marshall
Description:
Baldwin Locomotive Works Photo, 1944
Photo Date:
1/1/1944
Upload Date:
3/19/2007 5:55:22 AM
Location:
Eddystone, PA
Author:
Marty Bernard
Categories:
Locomotives:
RFP 613(4-8-4)
Views:
3362
Comments:
1
Title:
RFP 4-8-4 #613 - "Automatic Train Control"
Description:
Here is another Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Northern wearing the "Automatic Train Control" sign signifying that it has the Pulse Code Cab Signal that was developed by Union Switch & Signal Co for the Pennsy, a much simpler, older version of in-cab signaling. No date or photographer was listed for this photo.
Photo Date:
6/1/1950
Upload Date:
3/2/2020 6:07:31 AM
Location:
Alexandria, VA
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
RFP 613(4-8-4)
Views:
251
Comments:
0
Title:
RFP 4-8-4 #613 - "Automatic Train Control"
Description:
Here is another view of the front of the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Northern showing the "Automatic Train Control" sign on the front. Developed by Union Switch & Signal for the PRR, it was an early attempt at in-cab signals along the simplistic idea of the modern Postive Train Control. No date or photographer was listed for this photo.
Photo Date:
6/1/1950
Upload Date:
3/2/2020 6:07:35 AM
Location:
Alexandria, VA
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
RFP 613(4-8-4)
Views:
262
Comments:
0
Title:
RFP 4-8-4 #619 - "Automatic Train Control"
Description:
Sporting the "Automatic Train Control" sign is this 1944 Baldwin 4-8-4 Northern built as RFP #619. Much like a very early Positive Train Control system of today, Automatic Train Control was a system designed in 1922 by Union Switch & Signal for the PRR who called it Pulse Code Cab Signal. Itvworked by sending metered pulses along an existing AC track circuit operating at a chosen carrier frequency. The pulses were detected via induction by a sensor hanging a few inches above the rail before the leading set of wheels. The codes would be transmitted to the train from the block limit in front of it. This way if the rail was broken or another train entered the block, any codes would not reach the approaching train and the cab signal would again display "Restricting". No date or photographer was listed for this photo.
Photo Date:
6/1/1950
Upload Date:
3/2/2020 6:07:42 AM
Location:
Alexandria, VA
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
RFP 619(4-8-4)
Views:
176
Comments:
0
Title:
RFP 4-8-4 #619 - "Automatic Train Control"
Description:
Here is another view of Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac 4-8-4 #619 wearing the "Automatic Train Control" sign denoting the use of Pulse Code Cab Signal system designed by Union Swithc & Signal in 1922 for stopping trains. This early, simplistic system is the forerunner of the modern Postive Train Control system of today. The system is failsafe in that the lack of code would display a Restricting signal. The codes would be transmitted to the train from the block limit in front of it. This way if the rail was broken or another train entered the block, any codes would not reach the approaching train and the cab signal would again display Restricting. No date or photographer was listed for this photo.
Photo Date:
6/1/1950
Upload Date:
3/2/2020 6:07:50 AM
Location:
Alexandria, VA
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
RFP 619(4-8-4)
Views:
200
Comments:
0
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