Ted Hikel posted:J Daddy
The PRR ran the Timken locomotive for thousands of miles before it ever made it out the the NP. Why didn't the PRR take that data and profit "off the backs of other railroads that spent engineering and design money" on a fine locomotive like Four Aces?
Two dozen Timken type locomotives could have resulted in the layoff of half the passenger helper crews in Altoona and sent 50 K4s to scrap.
Ted- cannot answer why the PRR did not go forward with new technology developments. Maybe since the K4 was such a successful design? Maybe because Design and Engineering budgets were tight?
The S1 was not a complete failure at the time... otherwise the T-1 would not have been built.
The S1 was the fastest engine that could pull up to 1000 ton trains over 140 mph... no other railroad could claim that... it just could not negotiate the PRR main line radii and the main drivers slipping would tear up its tires... which plagued its service life...
BTW - on paper the NP designed the first Northern and worked with the Timken roller bearing people before it even hit the rails...
