Locomotive: 111 ft 7+1⁄2 in (34.02 m) Loco and tender: 161 ft 1+1⁄2 in (49.11 m)
Tender weight
364,100 lb (165,200 kg) (when loaded)
Total weight
1,182,100 lb (536,200 kg)
Fuel type
Coal
Fuel capacity
20 short tons (18.1 t; 17.9 long tons)
Water cap.
22,000 US gal (83,000 L; 18,000 imp gal)
Boiler pressure
600 lbf/in2 (4.1 MPa)
Performance figures
Power output
4,500 hp
Tractive effort
144,000 lbf (640.54 kN) (at 9 mph)
Career
Operators
Norfolk and Western Railway
Class
TE
Numbers
2300
Nicknames
Jawn Henry
Disposition
Withdrawn and scrapped in 1958
Norfolk and Western 2300, also known as the Jawn Henry, was a single experimental steam turbine locomotive of the Norfolk and Western Railway. The N&W placed it in the TE class. It was nicknamed "the Jawn Henry" after the legend of John Henry, a rock driller who famously raced against a steam drill and won, only to die immediately after. It was designed to demonstrate the advantages of steam turbines espoused by Baldwin Chief Engineer Ralph P. Johnson. It was the longest steam locomotive that was ever built.[1] The unit looked similar to the C&O turbines but differed mechanically; it was a C+C-C+C with a Babcock & Wilcox water-tube boiler with automatic controls. The boiler controls were sometimes problematic, and (as with the C&O turbines) coal dust and water got into the electric traction motors. Number 2300 was retired, stricken from the N&W roster on January 4, 1958 and scrapped later in 1961.[2][3][4][5][6]
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