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Nicknamed "Little Joe" by railroad workers, they became famous to several generations of model railroad enthusiasts through construction of N, HO, S & O scale models of the "Dockside" switcher.
17 de ene. de 2019 · Equipped with 19-inch x 24-inch cylinders, an operating boiler pressure of 180 pounds, and a weight on drivers of 120,000 pounds, these little Dockside locomotives could produce a 28,800-pound tractive effort.
A dock shunter, "dock tank", or "docksider", is a locomotive (formerly steam but now usually diesel) used for shunting wagons in the vicinity of docks. It is usually of 0-4-0 or 0-6-0 wheel arrangement and has a short wheelbase and large buffers. These features make it suitable for negotiating sharp curves.
Class C-16 was the "Little Joe" or "Dockside" switchers; Class LE-1 locomotives were the first mainline electric locomotives; The class EM-1 simple articulated locomotives were the largest locomotives run on the B&O; William Mason is currently the oldest operating example of the 4-4-0 type locomotive in the United States. Preservation
17 de oct. de 2022 · Class C-16 (a) Dockside locomotives are alive and well on the MR&WM. And busy! Today we're using number 98 and former number 96 in the yard to do some switchi...
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23 de oct. de 2008 · Dockside 0-6-0T locomotives were developed during the early 1900's to operate in heavy industrial operations throughout America. USA Trains has produced a model based on an American Locomotive...
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10 de feb. de 2016 · Baltimore & Ohio No. 9 is one of four class C-16 0-4-0T switchers built in 1912 to work tight-radius street trackage along Baltimore harbor. Two were rebuilt as tender engines in the 1920s, but the other two worked as-built until several years after World War II. Their compact size made them a favorite among HO model railroaders in the 1950s.
