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Baltimore & Ohio’s Magnificent 2-8-8-4 EM-1 Articulated Locomotive Dixon Withers
Baltimore & Ohios Magnificent 2-8-8-4 EM-1 Articulated Locomotive
By Thomas W. Dixon & Bob Withers Notice the damage to the bottom edge
Soft Cover
69 pages
Copyright 2007
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword iii
Introduction iv
Pioneer and Experimenteriv
A New Concept iv
Finally, New Thinking v
Appearance viii
SECTION ONE: Mallets and Mountains 1
SECTION TWO: The Cumberland Division 12
SECTION THREE: The Diesel-Driven Dispersal 43
SECTION FOUR: Then Cometh the End 68
INTRODUCTION
This book will argue that the Class EM-1 2-8-8-4 simple articulated locomotive represents the high point in the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company's steam power development - and was the carrier's only "modern" steamer. Many also will argue that it was among the company's best-looking locomotives. Of course, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and B&O certainly had many well-proportioned and classic locomotives - both during the final 50 years of steam operation and in the early years, too, since the company spanned the entire history of railroad locomotive development from the first day to the last.
This book is first and foremost a picture album of these magnificent machines, which came during World War II and stayed on for barely past a decade, handling the heaviest forms of work before finally being displaced by the all-conquering diesel. and seldom made large purchases of new engines after 1927. B&O recognized early on the value of the diesel-electric locomotive. It experimented first with a tiny switcher for the compact freight yard in Manhattan in 1925. Then, it purchased several units for passenger service beginning a decade later. In 1942, the company purchased its first road freight diesels and soon the management was so pleased with the internal combustion concept in both passenger and freight applications that it was ready for more. But by then, the United States government had restricted the types of power railroads could buy because of the exigencies of war. For this reason, when it became necessary to purchase new power, B&O was forced to choose steam. The great EM-1's were the result of that choice.
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