Other Rolling Stock - Dynamometer Car Norfolk & Western #514780

N&W Railway Dynamometer Car

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dynamometer Car DESCRIPTION

  • Manufacturer: Norfolk and Western
  • The dynamometer car carried equipment for measuring and recording drawbar pull, brake pipe pressure, and other data connected with locomotive operations and train haul conditions.
  • It was a most useful tool for locomotive design as calculations on the drawing board could be verified in road service.
  • Roadbed conditions, stations and topographical information were recorded by an operator stationed in a cupola. Information was recorded on a moving paper chart in ink.
  • Dynamometer capacity: 1,000,000 lbs

# 514780

  • Manufactured by the N&W Roanoke Shops for N&W service
  • Cost $38,160
  • Donated to the Museum by the Norfolk & Western Railway Co.